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Mechanism and materialism; British natural philosophy in an age of reason

Title
Mechanism and materialism; British natural philosophy in an age of reason [by] Robert E. Schofield.
Author
Schofield, Robert E.
Publication
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1970 [©1969]

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Description
vi, 336 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • Newton, Isaac, (1642-1727)
  • Geschichte 1600-1800
  • Geistesgeschichte 1600-1800
  • Physics > Philosophy
  • Mechanism (Philosophy)
  • Materialism
  • Physics > history
  • Philosophy > history
  • Materialismus
  • Naturphilosophie
  • Natuurkunde
  • Physique > Angleterre (GB) > 18e siècle
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 299-322.
Contents
Newton's legacy -- pt. I. Mechanism and dynamic corpuscularity, 1687-1740. Diffusion of a Newtonian creed -- Elaboration of a theory -- Experimental Newtonianism -- pt. II. Aether and materialism, 1740-1789. Second thoughts and the new revelation -- Newtonian pagans and heretics -- Early continental interactions -- The imponderable fluids -- Vital physiology and elementary chemistry -- pt. III. Neo-mechanism, 1760-1815. Forces, fluid dynamics, and fields -- Interregnum, 1789-1815.
ISBN
  • 0691080720
  • 9780691080727
LCCN
72090960
OCLC
  • ocm00066388
  • 66388
  • SCSB-123279
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library