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Title
Space : a history / edited by Andrew Janiak.
ISBN
9780190090579 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
BD621
Dewey Decimal Classification
114
Summary
This volume chronicles the development of philosophical conceptions of space from early antiquity through the medieval period to the early modern era, ending with Kant. The chapters describe the interactions at different moments in history between philosophy and various other disciplines, especially geometry, optics, and natural science more generally. Central figures from the history of mathematics, science and philosophy are discussed, including Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Proclus, Ibn al-Haytham, Nicole Oresme, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Kant.
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This volume chronicles the development of philosophical conceptions of space from early antiquity through the medieval period to the early modern era, ending with Kant. The chapters describe the interactions at different moments in history between philosophy and various other disciplines, especially geometry, optics, and natural science more generally. Central figures from the history of mathematics, science and philosophy are discussed, including Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Proclus, Ibn al-Haytham, Nicole Oresme, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Kant.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 30, 2020).
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Janiak, Andrew, editor.
Series
Oxford philosophical concepts.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780199914104
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