The Battle of the Gods and Giants: The Legacies of Descartes and Gassendi, 1655-1715
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The Battle of the Gods and Giants: The Legacies of Descartes and Gassendi, 1655-1715
By (Author) Thomas M. Lennon
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
194
Physical Properties
Hardback
436
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
765g
Description
By the mid-1600s, the commonsense, manifest picture of the world associated with Aristotle had been undermined by skeptical arguments on the one hand and by the rise of the New Science on the other. What would be the scientific image to succeed the Aristotelian model Thomas Lennon argues here that the contest between the supporters of Descartes an
Reviews
"Lennon is arguing for a major reinterpretation of early modern philosophy... The book is clearly written and well-argued."--Review of Metaphysics
