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Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings

Author : Emilie Du Châtelet
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226168081

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Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings by Emilie Du Châtelet Pdf

Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Châtelet (1706–49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton’s Principia Mathematica that is still the standard edition of that work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been assured. In the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work of recovering Du Châtelet’s writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Châtelet’s published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly uncensored piece of autobiography—making all of them available for the first time in English. The resulting volume will recover Châtelet’s place in the pantheon of French letters and culture.

Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings

Author : Emilie Du Châtelet
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226168077

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Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings by Emilie Du Châtelet Pdf

Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Châtelet (1706–49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton’s Principia Mathematica that is still the standard edition of that work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been assured. In the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work of recovering Du Châtelet’s writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Châtelet’s published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly uncensored piece of autobiography—making all of them available for the first time in English. The resulting volume will recover Châtelet’s place in the pantheon of French letters and culture.

Selected Philosophical Works

Author : Francis Bacon,Rose-Mary Sargent
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872204707

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Selected Philosophical Works by Francis Bacon,Rose-Mary Sargent Pdf

The most comprehensive collection available of Bacon's philosophical and scientific writings, this volume offers Bacon's major works in their entirety, or in generous selections, revised from the classic 19th century editions of Spedding, Ellis and Heath. Selections from Bacon's natural histories round out this edition by showing the types of compilations that he believed would most contribute to the third part of his Great Instauration. In her General Introduction, Rose-Mary Sargent sketches Bacon's early life, education, and legal career, and discusses the major components of his philosophical works, and traces his influence on subsequent natural philosophy.

Selected Philosophical Papers of Robert Boyle

Author : Robert Boyle
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872201228

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Selected Philosophical Papers of Robert Boyle by Robert Boyle Pdf

"The availability of a paperback version of Boyle's philosophical writings selected by M. A. Stewart will be a real service to teachers, students, and scholars with seventeenth-century interests. The editor has shown excellent judgment in bringing together many of the most important works and printing them, for the most part, in unabridged form. The texts have been edited responsibly with emphasis on readability. . . . Of special interest in connection with Locke and with the reception of Descarte's Corpuscularianism, to students of the Scientific Revolution and of the history of mechanical philosophy, and to those interested in the relations among science, philosophy, and religion. In fact, given the imperfections in and unavailability of the eighteenth-century editions of Boyle's works, this collection will benefit a wide variety of seventeenth-century scholars." --Gary Hatfield, University of Pennsylvania

Selected Philosophical, Scientific, and Autobiographical Writings

Author : Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux D’Arconville
Publisher : Iter Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0866985786

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Selected Philosophical, Scientific, and Autobiographical Writings by Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux D’Arconville Pdf

Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d’Arconville combined fierce intellectual ambition with the proper demeanor of the wife of a leading magistrate. Bemoaning her lack of a formal education in childhood, as an adult she read widely, studied languages, and sought out mentors among the scientific elite of the day. Always publishing anonymously, her works included moralist philosophy, scientific and literary translations, original scientific research, fiction, and history. Recently, a trove of unpublished essays and autobiographical writings from her final years, long thought to have been lost, has come to light, revealing her as a writer of insight, wit, and feeling. Edited and translated by Julie Candler Hayes The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series, volume 58

Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems

Author : Ludwig Boltzmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401020916

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Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems by Ludwig Boltzmann Pdf

l. The work of Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906) consists of two kinds of writings: in the first part of his active life he devoted himself entirely to problems of physics, while in the second part he tried to find a philosoph 1 ical background for his activities in and around the natural sciences. Most scientists are much more aware of his creative work in physics than of his digressions on the meaning and structure of science. I think in the present case the reason is not so much that most scientists are usually almost entirely occupied with their trade, because Boltzmann's philosophical work is also concerned with the (natural) sciences. I rather believe that the quality and consistency of Boltzmann's purely scientific work is of a more appealing nature than his less structured considerations on human activity in science and in life in general. 2. I think that it may be appropriate for the readers of this anthology to say a few words on the main findings of Boltzmann in physics, since in the end their 'philosophical' inlpact has been larger than the effect of his later writings. Moreover some knowledge of his scientific achievements can be helpful for the understanding and appreciation of the essays printed in this book, which almost all stem from Boltzmann's philosophical period. Boltzmann was one of the main protagonists - at least in continental Europe - of atomistics for explaining the phenomena of physics.

Selected Writings

Author : George Herbert Mead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1981-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226516714

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Selected Writings by George Herbert Mead Pdf

The book shows ... how Mead's social psychology evolved gradually into a theory of self-consciousness and its social gestalt, an epistemology, and finally a philosophy of history and a realistic ontology of objective relativity.

The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 (1893–1913)

Author : The Peirce Edition Project
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253007810

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The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 (1893–1913) by The Peirce Edition Project Pdf

Praise for Volume 1: " . . . a first-rate edition, which supersedes all other portable Peirces. . . . all the Peirce most people will ever need." —Louis Menand, The New York Review of Books Volume 2 of this convenient two-volume chronological reader's edition provides the first comprehensive anthology of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce's mature philosophy. A central focus of Volume 2 is Peirce's evolving theory of signs and its appplication to his pragmatism.

Selected Philosophical Papers by Ludwig Edelstein

Author : Leonardo Tarán
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315522203

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Selected Philosophical Papers by Ludwig Edelstein by Leonardo Tarán Pdf

Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965) is well-known for his work on the history of anceint medicine and ancient philosophy, and to both of these areas he made contributions of primary importance. This collection, originally published in 1987, makes avaialable Edelstein’s main papers to scholars and students, and includes papers from 1931-1965.

The Essential Peirce, Volume 1

Author : Charles Sanders Peirce
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253207210

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The Essential Peirce, Volume 1 by Charles Sanders Peirce Pdf

A convenient two-volume reader's edition makes accessible to students and scholars the most important philosophical papers of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce. Volume 1 presents twenty-five key texts, chronologically arranged, beginning with Peirce's 'On a New List of Categories' of 1867, a highly regarded alternative alternative to Kantian philosophy, and ending with the first sustained and systematic presentation of his evolutionary metaphysics in the Monist Metaphysical Series of 1891-1893.

Selected Philosophical Essays

Author : Carl G. Hempel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521624754

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Selected Philosophical Essays by Carl G. Hempel Pdf

This book offers a fresh perspective on Hempel's intellectual development and on the rise and demise of logical empiricism.

Selected Writings

Author : Galileo
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191623790

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Selected Writings by Galileo Pdf

'Philosophy is written in this great book which is continually open before our eyes - I mean the universe...' Galileo's astronomical discoveries changed the way we look at the world, and our place in the universe. Threatened by the Inquisition for daring to contradict the literal truth of the Bible, Galileo ignited a scientific revolution when he asserted that the Earth moves. This generous selection from his writings contains all the essential texts for a reader to appreciate his lasting significance. Mark Davie's new translation renders Galileo's vigorous Italian prose into clear modern English, while William R. Shea's version of the Latin Sidereal Message makes accessible the book that created a sensation in 1610 with its account of Galileo's observations using the newly invented telescope. All Galileo's contributions to the debate on science and religion are included, as well as key documents from his trial before the Inquisition in 1633. A lively introduction and clear notes give an overview of Galileo's career and explain the scientific and philosophical background to the texts. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Physics and Philosophy

Author : H. Margenau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400998452

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Physics and Philosophy by H. Margenau Pdf

This book is intended for people interested in physics and its philosophy. for those who regard physics as an essential component of modern culture rather than merely a tool for industry or war. Indeed this volume is addressed to those students, teachers and research workers who enjoy learning, teaching or doing physics, and are in the habit of pausing once in a while to ponder over key physical concepts and hypotheses and to wonder whether received theories are as perfect as textbooks would have us believe and, if not, how they might be improved. Henry Margenau, recently retired from Yale University as Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Philosophy, is the most important philosopher of physics of his generation, and indeed one of the most eminent philosophers of science of our century. He introduced and elucidated the notion of the correspondence rule. He claimed and showed, in the heyday of positivism, that physics has metaphysical presuppositions. He was the first to realize that quantum mechanics can do without von Neumann's projection postulat- and that was as far back as 1936. He clarified the physics and the philosophy of Pauli's exclusion principle at a time when it seemed mysterious. He was the first physicist to publish a philosophical paper in a physics journal, which he did as early as 1941. He was also one of the rare scientists who proclaimed the need for a scientific approach to value theory and ethics.

The Essential Peirce, Volume 1 (1867–1893)

Author : Nathan Houser,Christian Kloesel
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253007827

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The Essential Peirce, Volume 1 (1867–1893) by Nathan Houser,Christian Kloesel Pdf

" . . . a first-rate edition, which supersedes all other portable Peirces. . . . all the Peirce most people will ever need." —Louis Menand, The New York Review of Books "The Monist essays are included in the first volume of the compact and welcome Essential Peirce; they are by Peirce's standards quite accessible and splendid in their cosmic scope and assertiveness." —London Review of Books A convenient two-volume reader's edition makes accessible to students and scholars the most important philosophical papers of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce. This first volume presents twenty-five key texts from the first quarter century of his writing, with a clear introduction and informative headnotes. Volume 2 will highlight the development of Peirce's system of signs and his mature pragmatism.

A Woman Who Defends All the Persons of Her Sex

Author : Gabrielle Suchon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226779232

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A Woman Who Defends All the Persons of Her Sex by Gabrielle Suchon Pdf

During the oppressive reign of Louis XIV, Gabrielle Suchon (1632–1703) was the most forceful female voice in France, advocating women’s freedom and self-determination, access to knowledge, and assertion of authority. This volume collects Suchon’s writing from two works—Treatise on Ethics and Politics (1693) and On the Celibate Life Freely Chosen; or, Life without Commitments (1700)—and demonstrates her to be an original philosophical and moral thinker and writer. Suchon argues that both women and men have inherently similar intellectual, corporeal, and spiritual capacities, which entitle them equally to essentially human prerogatives, and she displays her breadth of knowledge as she harnesses evidence from biblical, classical, patristic, and contemporary secular sources to bolster her claim. Forgotten over the centuries, these writings have been gaining increasing attention from feminist historians, students of philosophy, and scholars of seventeenth-century French literature and culture. This translation, from Domna C. Stanton and Rebecca M. Wilkin, marks the first time these works will appear in English.