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Hypotheses and Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of Science

Homage to Alexandre Koyré 1892-1964

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Editors:
  1. Raffaele Pisano

    1. Lille University, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

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  2. Joseph Agassi

    1. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  3. Daria Drozdova

    1. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

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  • Features insightful studies on Alexandre Koyré

  • Reevaluates current thinking in history, philosophy, and foundations of science

  • Explores Koyré’s intellectual matrix and heritage within the interdisciplinary fields of historical, epistemological, and philosophical scientific thought

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Alexandre Koyré: His Secret Charm

    • Joseph Agassi
    Pages 1-17

  3. Homage to Koyré: Space as Paradigmatic Example of “The Unity of Human Thought”

    • Charles Braverman
    Pages 19-42

  4. “The Philosophers and the Machine”: Philosophy of Mathematics and History of Science in Alexandre Koyré

    • Mauro L. Condé
    Pages 43-61

  5. Koyré and Galileo: The Myth of the Leaning Tower’s Scientific Experiment

    • Francesco Crapanzano
    Pages 63-84

  6. On Galileo’s Platonism, Again

    • Mario De Caro
    Pages 85-104

  7. Alexandre Koyré and Blaise Pascal

    • Dominique Descotes
    Pages 105-122

  8. Koyré’s Revolutionary Role in the Historiography of Science

    • Antonino Drago
    Pages 123-141

  9. Alexandre Koyré’s Essential Features of the Scientific Revolution

    • Daria Drozdova
    Pages 143-156

  10. Koyré, Cassirer and the History of Science

    • Massimo Ferrari
    Pages 157-178

  11. Alexandre Koyré and the History of Science as a Species of the History of Philosophy: The Cases of Galileo and Descartes

    • Stephen Gaukroger
    Pages 179-187

  12. Is Descartes’ Theological Voluntarism Compatible with His Philosophy?

    • Glenn A. Hartz, Patrick K. Lewtas
    Pages 189-203

  13. The Posterity of Alexandre Koyré’s Galileo Studies

    • Gérard Jorland
    Pages 205-223

  14. Alexandre Koyré, Kepler’s Reader Without Prejudices. Harmony of the World, Music of the Heavens

    • Anna Maria Lombardi
    Pages 225-242

  15. The History Between Koyré and Husserl

    • Rodney K. B. Parker
    Pages 243-275

  16. Kuhn, Sarton, and the History of Science

    • J. C. Pinto de Oliveira, Amelia J. Oliveira
    Pages 277-293

  17. On the Conceptualization of Force in Johannes Kepler’s Corpus: An Interplay Between Physics/Mathematics and Metaphysics

    • Raffaele Pisano, Paolo Bussotti
    Pages 295-345

  18. Koyré Versus Olschki–Zilsel

    • Diederick Raven
    Pages 347-365

  19. Alexandre Koyré: History and Actuality

    • Marlon Salomon
    Pages 367-390

  20. The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Following Koyré: The Younger Tom Kuhn, “Critical Historian,” on Tradition Dynamics and Big History

    • John A. Schuster
    Pages 391-420
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About this book

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of his passing (in 2014), this special book features studies on Alexandre Koyré (1892–1964), one of the most influential historians of science of the 20th century, who re-evaluated prevalent thinking on the history and philosophy of science. In particular, it explores Koyré’s intellectual matrix and heritage within interdisciplinary fields of historical, epistemological and philosophical scientific thought. Koyré is rightly noted as both a versatile historian on the birth and development of modern science and for his interest in philosophical questions on the nature of scientific knowledge. In the 1940s and 1950s his activities in the United States established a crucial bridge between the European historical tradition of science studies and the American academic environments, and an entire generation of historians of science grew up under his direct influence. The book brings together contributions from leading experts in the field, and offers much-needed insights into the subject from historical, nature of science, and philosophical perspectives. It provides an absorbing and revealing read for historians, philosophers and scientists alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lille University, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    Raffaele Pisano

  • Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Joseph Agassi

  • National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Daria Drozdova

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Raffaele Pisano is a Professor, CIREL, Lille 3 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. His fields of research and teaching include: history of physics, theoretical physics, historical epistemology of science, history of mathematical physics, comparative, NoS, history and didactics of science.

Prof. Dr. Joseph Agassi is an Emeritus Professor of Tel-Aviv University, Israel and York University, Toronto, Canada. His fields of research and teaching include: philosophy of science, theoretical physics, sociology, mathematical physics, foundations of science, psychology, and anthropology.

Dr. Daria Drozdova is a Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation. Her fields of research and teaching include: philosophy of science and history of early modern science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hypotheses and Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Homage to Alexandre Koyré 1892-1964

  • Editors: Raffaele Pisano, Joseph Agassi, Daria Drozdova

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61712-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61710-7Published: 11 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87141-7Published: 05 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61712-1Published: 23 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 482

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Science, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science

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