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Author: Stillman Drake
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780802075857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.
Author: Pierre Duhem
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780872203082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Here, for the first time in English, are the philosophical essays - including the first statement of the "Duhem Thesis" - that formed the basis for Aim and Structure of Physical Theory, together with new translations of the historiographical essays presenting the equally celebrated "Continuity Thesis" by Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a founding figure of the history and philosophy of science. Prefaced by an introduction on Duhem's intellectual development and continuing significance, here as well are important subsequent essays in which Duhem elaborated key concepts and critiqued such contemporaries as Henri Poincare and Ernst Mach. Together, these works offer a lively picture of the state of science at the turn of the century while addressing methodological issues that remain at the center of debate today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Stillman Drake
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780802081643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.
Author: V. Coelho
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1992-11-30
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780792320289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays exploring the relations between music and the scientific culture of Galileo's time. It takes a broad historical approach towards understanding such topics as the role of music in Galileo's experiments and in the scientific revolution
Author: Trevor H. Levere
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 940091878X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays is a tribute to Stillman Drake by some of his friends and colleagues, and by others on whom his work has had a formative influence. It is difficult to know him without succumbing to his combination of discipline and enthusiasm, even in fields remote from Renaissance physics and natural philosophy; and so he should not be surprised in this volume to see emphases and methods congenial to him, even on topics as remote as Darwin or the chemical revolution. Therein lies whatever unity the discerning reader may find in this book, beyond the natural focus and coherence of the largest section, on Galileo, and the final section on Drake's collection of books, a major and now accessible resource for research in the field that he has made his own. We have chosen, as the occasion for presenting the volume to Stillman Drake, Galileo's birthday; Galileo has had more than one birthday party in Toronto since Drake came to the University of Toronto. As for the title, it reflects a shared conviction that experiment is the key to science; it is what scientists do. Drake has already asserted that emphasis in the title of his magisterial Galileo at Work, and we echo it here. Those who have had the privilege and pleasure of working and arguing with Stillman over the years know his tenacity, penetration, and vigour. They also know his generosity and humility. We owe him much.
Author: Stillman Drake
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780802081650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.
Author: Stillman Drake
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780802006264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.
Author: Stillman Drake
Publisher:
Published: 1999
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ISBN-13: 9780802075857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Pierre Duhem
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-10-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 022638165X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics–an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.
Author: Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-12-20
Total Pages: 427
ISBN-13: 0429776381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1997, this volume expands the analytical philosophical tradition in the face of parochial Anglo-American philosophical interests. The essays making up the section on ‘Antiquity’ share one concern: to show that there are largely unrecognised but radical differences between the way in which certain fundamental questions – concerning the nature of number, sense perception, and scepticism – were thought of in antiquity and the way in which they were thought of from the 17th century onwards. Part 2, on early modern thought, explores the theoretical characterisation of the role of experiment in early modern physical theory through Galileo’s embracing of experiments, along with Descartes’ automata and issues in a relatively neglected but especially intractable part of Descartes’ philosophy: how he conceives of what a successful inference consists in and what it is that makes it successful. The final section deals with the philosophical foundations of physical theory, the distinction between the human and the natural sciences, the philosophical-cum-scientific foundations of Marx’s idea of socialism, and Nietzche’s criticisms of the very notion of science, concluding that Nietzsche’s probing questions cannot be dismissed, as he has opened up some genuinely challenging issues which we ignore at our peril.
