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Natural philosophy : on retrieving a lost disciplinary imaginary /

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"In the seventeenth century, natural philosophy was seen as an integrated enterprise, embracing what are now seen as separate disciplines, such as philosophy, the natural sciences, mathematics, and theology. Although often portrayed as a now redundant precursor of the natural sciences, natural...

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Main Author: McGrath, Alister E., 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Physics > History.
Science > Philosophy > History.
Natural theology.
Philosophy of nature.
Physique > Histoire.
Théologie naturelle.
Philosophie de la nature.
Natural theology
Physics
Science > Philosophy
Science: general issues.
Popular Science and Nature.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : on retrieving natural philosophy
  • Part I : A critical conversation with the tradition
  • 1 The origins of natural philosophy : Aristotle
  • 2 The consolidation of natural philosophy : the middle ages
  • 3 Skywatching : the natural philosophy of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo
  • 4 English natural philosophy : Bacon, Boyle, and Newton
  • 5 The parting of the ways : from natural philosophy to natural science
  • Part II : A reconceived natural philosophy : exploring a disciplinary imaginary.