Roger Bacon and the sciences
Subtitle: commemorative essays 1996
By: edited by Jeremiah Hackett.
Contributors: Hackett, Jeremiah.
Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters -- Bd. 57
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Kinderhook, N.Y
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: Bacon, Roger, -- 1214?-1294 -- Knowledge -- Science.; Science -- Methodology -- History -- 13th century.; Science, Medieval.; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Description: This volume deals with the philosophy and thought of Roger Bacon. It is an effort to bring Roger Bacon studies up to date. Attention is given to a wide range of topics: Bacon's life and works, Bacon's contribution to the "trivium" (language studies) and the "quadrivium" (scientific-mathematical studies), his notion of a science, his moral philosophy, Bacon's contribution to medicine, alchemy, astrology, Bacon's positions in physics and metaphysics, an up dated bibliography of Bacon studies and a review of the state of Bacon Manuscripts. The volume situates Roger Bacon in the context of 13th century philosophy and thought, as well as demonstrating his importance for later thinkers. It is expected that it will be a major new contribution to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Notes: Includes indexes.