An Introduction To Natural Philosophy

Author : Jean W. Rioux
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725241463
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature, the Soul, and God written by Jean W. Rioux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete title of one of the most famous works ever written, Isaac Newton's Principia, was actually Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". Sadly, many contemporary philosophers would be hard-pressed to say just what natural philosophy (or philosophy of nature) is all about. Without question, the philosophy of nature has received relatively less attention than ethics and metaphysics for some time. In "Nature, the Soul, and God," Jean W. Rioux has brought together a number of important readings in natural philosophy, from the Pre-Socratic philosophers and Aristotle to the 19th-century entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. Collectively, they present three ways in which one might conceive of the natural world in a pre-scientific reflection upon the way things are: either the classical materialism of Empedocles, Democritus, and Epicurus, the formalism of Plato, or the hylomorphic view espoused and defended by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. In the sections following the consideration of nature are selections from these representative views concerning the immortality of the soul and the existence of God. Through the medium of philosophers both ancient and modern, Rioux makes the point that one's philosophical account of the natural world will have an impact upon how one regards human nature, as well as divinity itself. It all begins with nature.

Author : William Nicholson
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341417290
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Natural Philosophy written by William Nicholson and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edward Grant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521869315
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Natural Philosophy written by Edward Grant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.

Author : John F. W. Herschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy written by John F. W. Herschel and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niccolò Guicciardini
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239483
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy written by Niccolò Guicciardini and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Newton is one of the greatest scientists in history, yet the spectrum of his interests was much broader than that of most contemporary scientists. In fact, Newton would have defined himself not as a scientist, but as a natural philosopher. He was deeply involved in alchemical, religious, and biblical studies, and in the later part of his life he played a prominent role in British politics, economics, and the promotion of scientific research. Newton’s pivotal work Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which sets out his laws of universal gravitation and motion, is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science. Niccolò Guicciardini’s enlightening biography offers an accessible introduction both to Newton’s celebrated research in mathematics, optics, mechanics, and astronomy and to how Newton viewed these scientific fields in relation to his quest for the deepest secrets of the universe, matter theory and religion. Guicciardini sets Newton the natural philosopher in the troubled context of the religious and political debates ongoing during Newton’s life, a life spanning the English Civil Wars, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, and the Hanoverian succession. Incorporating the latest Newtonian scholarship, this fast-paced biography broadens our perception of both this iconic figure and the great scientific revolution of the early modern period.

Author : St. George Jackson Mivart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature and Thought written by St. George Jackson Mivart and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Tomlinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the study of natural philosophy written by Charles Tomlinson and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Keill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
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Download or read book An Introduction to Natural Philosophy written by John Keill and published by . This book was released on 1745 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of lectures about classical or Newtonian physics.

Author : Margaret Cavendish
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 177048731X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grounds of Natural Philosophy written by Margaret Cavendish and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition aims to make Margaret Cavendish’s most mature philosophical work more accessible to students and scholars of the period. Grounds of Natural Philosophy is important not only because it is Cavendish’s final articulation of her metaphysics but also because it succinctly outlines her fundamental views on “the nature of nature”—or the base substance and mechanics of all natural matter—and vividly demonstrates her probabilistic approach to philosophical enquiry. Moreover, Grounds spends considerable time discussing the human body, including the functions of the mind, a topic of growing interest to both historians of philosophy and literary scholars. This Broadview Edition opens to modern readers a vibrant, unique, and provocative voice of the past that challenges our standard view of seventeenth-century English philosophy.

Author : Lisa T. Sarasohn
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801894433
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish written by Lisa T. Sarasohn and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It not only celebrates Cavendish as a true figure of the scientific age but contributes to a broader understanding of the contested nature of the scientific revolution.