The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760 /

Gaukroger, Stephen (1950-....)

The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760 / [Texte imprimé] : Stephen Gaukroger - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2010 - 1 vol. (505 p.) ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. [454]-491

The construction of a new world picture -- The mathematical principles of natural philosophy -- The metaphysical unity of natural philosophy -- From experimental philosophy to empiricism -- Explaining the phenomena -- Natural philosophy and the republic of letters -- The realm of reason -- The fortunes of a mechanical model for natural philosophy -- Material activity -- Living and dead matter -- The realm of sensibility -- Historical understanding and the human condition

978-0-19-959493-1

Science--Europe--History--17th century Science--Europe--History--18th century Philosophy and science--Europe--History--17th century Philosophy and science--Europe--History--18th century Religion and science--Europe--History--17th century Religion and science--Europe--History--18th century Science and civilization

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