The Language of Nature: Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century
Gorham, Heoffrey
ISBN 10: 0816699895 ISBN 13: 9780816699896
Published by University of Minnesota Press, 2016
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Editor(s): Gorham, Geoffrey; Hill, Benjamin; Slowik, Edward; Waters, C.Kenneth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. . 2016. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780816699896
Synopsis:
Galileo’s dictum that the book of nature “is written in the language of mathematics” is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiography has indicated, and that philosophical controversies about the implications of mathematization cannot be understood in isolation from broader social developments related to the status and practice of mathematics in various commercial, political, and academic institutions.
Contributors: Roger Ariew, U of South Florida; Richard T. W. Arthur, McMaster U; Lesley B. Cormack, U of Alberta; Daniel Garber, Princeton U; Ursula Goldenbaum, Emory U; Dana Jalobeanu, U of Bucharest; Douglas Jesseph, U of South Florida; Carla Rita Palmerino, Radboud U, Nijmegen and Open U of the Netherlands; Eileen Reeves, Princeton U; Christopher Smeenk, Western U; Justin E. H. Smith, U of Paris 7; Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg U of Pennsylvania.
About the Author:
Geoffrey Gorham is associate professor of philosophy at Macalester College.
Benjamin Hill is associate professor of philosophy at University of Western Ontario.
Edward Slowik is associate professor of philosophy at Winona State University.
C. Kenneth Waters is professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary.
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Title: The Language of Nature: Reassessing the ...
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
Edition: 1st Edition