Skepticism's pictures : figuring Descartes's natural philosophy /
Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's physics and its reception in a panoramic visual culture, where knowledge of the invisible depended on what could be seen.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's physics and its reception in a panoramic visual culture, where knowledge of the invisible depended on what could be seen. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271094823 0271094826 |