Contingency and Natural Order in Early Modern Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Book 332) [1st ed. 2019] 9783319673783, 9783319673769, 3319673785

The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century: Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 19) 1402036035, 9781402036033

One of the hallmarks of the modern world has been the stunning rise of the natural sciences. The exponential expansion o

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Positioning the History of Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 248)

The present volume, compiled in honor of an outstanding historian of science, physicist and exceptional human being, Sam

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Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 240) 1402000812, 9781402000812

The twentieth century is the period during which the history of Greek mathematics reached its greatest acme. Indeed, it

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Philosophers and Einstein's Relativity: The Early Philosophical Reception of the Relativistic Revolution (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 342) [1st ed. 2023] 303136497X, 9783031364976

This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore

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Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature: Natural Order in the Light of Contemporary Science (Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science) 3030967743, 9783030967741

This book subjects the traditional concept of law of nature to critical examination. There are two kinds of reasons th

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The Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan (MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SCIENCE) 9004115145, 9789004115149

This book is a collection of papers on the metaphysics and natural philosophy of John Buridan (ca. 1295-1361), one of th

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The Body as Object and Instrument of Knowledge: Embodied Empiricism in Early Modern Science (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 25) 9048136857, 9789048136858

It was in 1660s England, according to the received view, in the Royal Society of London, that science acquired the form

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Philosophers and Einstein's Relativity: The Early Philosophical Reception of the Relativistic Revolution (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 342) 303136497X, 9783031364976

This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore

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Making Sense of Health, Disease, and the Environment in Cross-Cultural History: The Arabic-Islamic World, China, Europe, and North America (Boston Studies ... Philosophy and History of Science Book 333) [1st ed. 2019] 9783030190828, 9783030190811, 303019082X

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Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science 9781400833337

When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts o

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