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Vanishing Matter and the Laws of Motion: Descartes and Beyond (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2010
ISBN
0415882664, 9780415882668
LCC
QC7 .V36 2011
Open Library ID
OL25001143M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2501022 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
287\287
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This volume explores the themes of vanishing matter, matter and the laws of nature, the qualities of matter, and the diversity of the debates about matter in the early modern period. Chapters are unified by a number of interlocking themes which together enable some of the broader contours of the philosophy of matter to be charted in new ways. Part I concerns Cartesian Matter; Part II covers Matter, Mechanism and Medicine; Part III covers Matter and the Laws of Motion; and Part IV covers Leibniz and Hume. Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars of early modern philosophy, as well as some exciting new researchers, Vanishing Matter and the Laws of Motion stakes out new territory that all serious scholars of early modern philosophy and science will want to traverse.

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