Cartesian Spacetime
Subtitle: Descartes' Physics and the Relational Theory of Space and Motion (International Archives of the History of Ideas, Volume 181) (International ... internationales d'histoire des idées)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781402002656
Subjects: Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Topics in philosophy; Space and time; History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; Descartes, Rene; Speculative Philosophy; Philosophy; Philosophy & Social Aspects; History & Surveys - Modern; Metaphysics; Philosophy / Modern; Philosophy : Metaphysics; Science : Philosophy & Social Aspects; 1596-1650; 17th century; Descartes, Rene,; Descartes, Renâe,; History
First sentence: Although Descartes' natural philosophy marked an important advance in the development of modern science, many of his specific concepts of sciencemost notably, his concepts of space, time, and motionhave been largely discarded, and consequently neglected, since their introduction in the seventeenth century.