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Matter matters : metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period /

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Why is there a material world? Why is it fundamentally mathematical? 'Matter Matters' explores a 17th-century answer to these questions as it emerged from the works of Descartes and Leibniz. Kurt Smith establishes the claim that mathematics is intelligible if, and only if, matter exists.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Kurt, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716
Matter.
Metaphysics > History > 17th century.
Matière.
Métaphysique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Matter
Metaphysics
Metafysica.
Methodologie.
1600-1699
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Why is there a material world? Why is it fundamentally mathematical? 'Matter Matters' explores a 17th-century answer to these questions as it emerged from the works of Descartes and Leibniz. Kurt Smith establishes the claim that mathematics is intelligible if, and only if, matter exists.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
ISBN:9780191576911
0191576913
9780191723155
0191723150