Overview
- Extended edition of the book "Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant", first published in 2001
- Discusses structure and dynamics of linkage between philosophy and sciences in the age of Leibniz, Newton and Kant
- Highlights developments in philosophy and transformation of different branches of sciences in the early modern period
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 341)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (13 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Seismic Vibrations in Metaphysics
-
Front Matter
-
-
Metaphysics and the Analytical Method
-
Front Matter
-
-
Looking Back and Ahead
-
Front Matter
-
Keywords
About this book
This extended new edition offers a multifaceted insight into a period of intellectual history in the West in which the balance between speculative theories and experiential science was reset. As is well known, the interrelationship between philosophy and science underwent a profound change in the early modern period, in the course of which the sciences freed themselves from the conceptual framework of traditional metaphysics. The contributions of the volume focus on the eighteenth century, the critical and quite contradictory final phase of this process.
The volume distinguishes itself by tracing this transition process not only in the obvious case of the new mechanics - Newtonianism and analytic mechanics - but also by addressing new speculative philosophies of nature - early modern atomism or imponderable physics - and new metaphysical controversies such as the body-mind problem (Can matter think?) as well as developments in special scientific fields such as cosmology/astronomy and natural history.
The volume is written by historians of philosophy and the sciences of the early modern period and is intended primarily for specialists and students in these fields of knowledge. However, it is certainly also interesting and useful for cultural historians working on this period.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant
Book Subtitle: Philosophy and Science in the Eighteenth Century
Editors: Wolfgang Lefèvre
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34340-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34339-1Published: 17 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34342-1Due: 17 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34340-7Published: 16 August 2023
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 390
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy, general, History, general, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy