The Path to Post-Galilean Epistemology Reinterpreting the Birth of Modern Science

The Path to Post-Galilean Epistemology Reinterpreting the Birth of Modern Science / by Danilo Capecchi.

This book casts new light on the process that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to a profound transformation in the study of nature with the emergence of mechanistic philosophy, the new mixed mathematics, and the establishment of the experimental approach. It is argued that modern Europ...

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Main Author: Capecchi, Danilo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 34
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mechanics.
Mechanics, Applied.
Mathematics.
History.
Epistemology.
Physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ancient mixed mathematics
  • Skills and mathematics in the Renaissance Italy
  • New forms of natural philosophy and mixed mathematics
  • Galilean epistemology
  • Post-Galilean epistemology. Experimental physico-mathematica
  • Concluding remarks.

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