| The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant Contributor(s): Holden, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199204209 ISBN-13: 9780199204205 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Thomas Holden presents a fascinating study of theories of the structure and internal architecture of matter in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Are the parts of material bodies actual or potential entities? Is matter infinitely divisible? Do all material bodies resolve to actual first parts? All the great philosophers and philosopher-scientists of the period address these issues, including Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Hume, and Kant. Holden offers a brilliant synthesis of these discussions and his own overarching interpretation of the debate. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.36" W x 9.17" (1.09 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Thomas Holden presents a fascinating study of theories of the structure and internal architecture of matter in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Are the parts of material bodies actual or potential entities? Is matter infinitely divisible? Do all material bodies resolve to actual first parts? All the great philosophers and philosopher-scientists of the period address these issues, including Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Hume, and Kant. Holden offers a brilliant synthesis of these discussions and his own overarching interpretation of the debate. |