UID:
almahu_9949203652702882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 197 pages)
ISBN:
9781350185036
,
9781350087866
,
9781350087873
,
9781350087880
,
9781350087897
Content:
"This book contextualizes David Hume's philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume's background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, it deepens our understanding of Hume's relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume's thought within the context of other major philosophers, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle and Kant, and scientists including Newton and Leibniz"--
Note:
Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Concept of Natural Philosophy -- 2. Science of Humanity and Natural Philosophy -- 3. Experimentalism -- 4. Laws of Nature, Causation, and the Ontology of Forces -- 5. The Relation of Mathematics to Nature -- 6. Space and Time -- 7. Hume's Impact -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350087897
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350087897?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
