Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant
Philosophy and Science in the Eighteenth Century
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
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
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Wolfgang Lefèvre
Themen in »Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant«
Early Modern Metaphysics Newtonianism Analytical Mechanics Early Modern Atomism Early Modern Materialism (Body and Mind) Early Modern Cosmologies Early Natural History
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"I recommend anyone working on this topic to draw on this resource. ... this Volume does a wonderful job at familiarizing the reader with it. ... this Volume contains Chapters that remain of interest today on topics that at times still deserve more attention, as well as great new work and updates.” (Boris Demarest. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 56 (2), 2025)
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