Defending Descartes in Brandenburg-Prussia
The University of Frankfurt an der Oder in the Seventeenth Century
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Beschreibung
This volume is a study of the many dimensions of the early reception of Cartesianism in German-speaking Europe during the seventeenth century based on the case of the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. It investigates the broad context of that discussion, which was at once scientific, cultural, political and socio-institutional. Chapter by chapter, the book sheds light on the most relevant aspects of the environment of the time. It is aimed at historians of science and philosophy, as well as scholars investigating German-speaking Europe of the 17th century.
This volume is a study of the many dimensions of the early reception of Cartesianism in German-speaking Europe during the seventeenth century based on the case of the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. It investigates the broad context of that discussion, which was at once scientific, cultural, political and socio-institutional. Chapter by chapter, the book sheds light on the most relevant aspects of the environment of the time. It is aimed at historians of science and philosophy, as well as scholars investigating German-speaking Europe of the 17th century.
New perspectives on the history of Cartesian philosophy A socially embedded history of science and philosophy A novel insight in the cultural politics of early modern thought in Prussia
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Pietro Daniel Omodeo
Themen in »Defending Descartes in Brandenburg-Prussia«
Cartesianism Early Modern Philosophy Early Modern Science Frankfurt an der Oder The University of Frankfurt an der Oder