| Description |
116 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 30
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| Note |
Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987, in series: Past masters. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Matter and Metaphysics -- The discovery of a vocation -- One science one method -- 'Absolutes', simple natures, and problems -- Roaming about in the world -- Paris -- The suppressed physics -- Three specimens of a method -- A new 'logic' -- The need for metaphysics -- The meditations -- Doubt without scepticism? -- The theologians and the God of physics -- Ideas -- The mind -- Body -- The physics made public -- The 'other science' -- Last days -- Descartes's ghost -- Further readings -- Index. |
| Subject |
1596-1650.
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Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century.
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| ISBN |
0192854097 |
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9780192854094 |
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