ISBN: 9780391017429 - The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 039101742X. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers, some browning and dustsoiling to edges of interior pages, minor waterspotting to top edge of book and along cover spine, a couple page corners slightly dogeared. No Signature.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 352 pages ; 21 cm ISBN 9780391017429, 039101742X OCLC 13911050 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Introduction -- Copernicus and Kepler -- Galileo -- Descartes -- Seventeenth-century English -- Gilbert and Boyle -- Metaphysics of Newton -- Conclusion ; "This is a reprint of the second (latest) edition." ; To the medieval thinker, man was the center of creation and all of nature existed purely for his benefit. The shift from the philosophy of the Middle Ages to the modern view of humanity's less central place in the universe ranks as the greatest revolution in the history of Western thought, and this classic in the philosophy of science describes and analyzes how that profound change occurred. ; A fascinating analysis of the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton, it not only establishes the reasons for the triumph of the modern perspective, but also accounts for certain limitations in this view that continue to characterize contemporary scientific thought. A criticism as well as a history of the change that made possible the rise of modern science, this volume is also a guide to understanding the methods and accomplishments of the great philosopher-scientists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ; Edwin Arthur Burtt, usually cited as E. A. Burtt, was an American philosopher who wrote extensively on the philosophy of religion. ; VG. Book.…