Descartes : A very short introduction

By:

Sorell, Tom

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: A very short introductionPublication details: 2000 Oxford University Press Oxford ; New YorkDescription: 116 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780192854094

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DDC classification:

028.7 SOR

Summary: Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Anant National University Central Library	General	028.7 SOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003182

<p>Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987, in series: Past masters.<br /><br />Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences.

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