Author: VoltairePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : fr
Pages : 84
Book Description
La métaphysique de Neuton, ou, Parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz
Author: VoltairePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : fr
Pages : 84
Book Description
La metaphysique de Neuton, ou Parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz. Par Mr. de Voltaire. Cet ouvrage, qui renferme beaucoup de choses très-instructives dans sa petitesse, peut servir de supplément aux Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton que le même auteur a publiés
Author: Voltaire (p.)La métaphysique de Neuton, ou parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz. Par Mr. de Voltaire ...
Author: VoltaireLa Métaphysique de Neuton ou Parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz. The Newtonian Philosophy compared with that of Leibnitz. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire
Author: VoltaireLa métaphysique de Neuton, ou Parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz
Author: VoltaireEmilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton
Author: Ruth HagengruberPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400720939
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Emilie du Châtelet was one of the most influential woman philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her writings on natural philosophy, physics, and mechanics had a decisive impact on important scientific debates of the 18th century. Particularly, she took an innovative and outstanding position in the controversy between Newton and Leibniz, one of the fundamental scientific discourses of that time. The contributions in this volume focus on this "Leibnitian turn". They analyze the nature and motivation of Emilie du Châtelet's synthesis of Newtonian and Leibnitian philosophy. Apart from the Institutions Physiques they deal with Emilie du Châtelet's annotated translation of Isaac Newton's Principia. The chapters presented here collectively demonstrate that her work was an essential contribution to the mediation between empiricist and rationalist positions in the history of science.
Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins
Author: Denis R. AlexanderPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226608425
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. For example, biology has been used to justify eugenic programs, forced sterilization, human experimentation, and death camps—all in an attempt to support notions of racial superiority. By investigating the past, the contributors to Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers bring together fourteen experts to examine the varied ways science has been used and abused for nonscientific purposes from the fifteenth century to the present day. Featuring an essay on eugenics from Edward J. Larson and an examination of the progress of evolution by Michael J. Ruse, Biology and Ideology examines uses both benign and sinister, ultimately reminding us that ideological extrapolation continues today. An accessible survey, this collection will enlighten historians of science, their students, practicing scientists, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and culture.
The Specter of Skepticism in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: Anton M. MatytsinPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142142052X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
8. A Matter of Debate: Conceptions of Material Substance in the Scientific Revolution -- 9. War of the Worlds: Cartesian Vortices and Newtonian Gravitation in Eighteenth-Century Astronomy -- 10. Historical Pyrrhonism and Its Discontents -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Author: Voltaire
Author: Voltaire