{"product_id":"9789400747456","title":"Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Physico-mathematics, Method \u0026 Corpuscular-Mechanism 1618-33","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudies in History and Philosophy of Science\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhysico-mathematics, Method \u0026amp; Corpuscular-Mechanism 1618-33\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Schuster, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reconstructs key aspects of the early career of Descartes from 1618 to 1633; that is, up through the point of his composing his first system of natural philosophy, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde,\u003c\/i\u003e in 1629-33. It focuses upon the overlapping and intertwined development of Descartes’ projects in physico-mathematics, analytical mathematics, universal method, and, finally, systematic corpuscular-mechanical natural philosophy. The concern is not simply with the conceptual and technical aspects of these projects; but, with Descartes’ agendas within them and his construction and presentation of his intellectual identity in relation to them.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescartes’ technical projects, agendas and senses of identity shifted over time, entangled and displayed great successes and deep failures, as he morphed from a mathematically competent, Jesuit trained graduate in neo-Scholastic Aristotelianism to aspiring prophet of a systematised corpuscular-mechanism, passing through stages of being a committed \u003ci\u003ephysico-mathematicus\u003c\/i\u003e, advocate of a putative ‘universal mathematics’, and projector of a grand methodological dream. In all three dimensions—projects, agendas and identity concerns—the young Descartes struggled and contended, with himself and with real or virtual peers and competitors, hence the title ‘\u003ci\u003eDescartes-Agonistes\u003c\/i\u003e’. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Springer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012-10-23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789400747456\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 632\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499558760588,"sku":"9789400747456","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789400747456_9cdd2f8e-f747-4852-b474-c9f8b802bc8f.jpg?v=1768919889","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789400747456","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}