Overview
- Comprehensive study of Emanuel Swedenborg's mechanistic worldview and metaphorical way of thinking up to the year 1734
- New perspective of the mechanistic philosophy of the 17th and 18th century: the cognitive metaphors of the mind and its role in the formation of scientific theories
- Casts new light on Swedenborg's later spiritual philosophy and doctrine of correspondences
- Winner of the Pro Lingua Translation Award for promoting eminent Swedish research?
Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (SHPM, volume 11)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg
Book Subtitle: A Study in the Conceptual Metaphors of the Mechanistic World-View
Authors: David Dunér
Series Title: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4560-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4559-9Published: 01 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9821-2Published: 21 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4560-5Published: 31 July 2012
Series ISSN: 1573-5834
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9922
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 476
Topics: History of Philosophy, History of Science, Philosophy of Mind