The Language of Nature
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History and philosophy of the seventeenth-century mathematization of nature; HPS, but the object is not contemporary research practice as the rubric requires.
The book examines the mathematization of nature in early modern science, not contemporary research practice.
History of philosophy of the 17th-century mathematization of nature; HPS counts as T2 only when object is contemporary research practice.
Abstract
Galileo's dictum that the book of nature "is written in the language of mathematics" is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiography has indicated, and that philosophical controversies about the implications of mathematization cannot be understood in isolation from broader social developments related to the status and practice of mathematics in various commercial, political, and academic institutions. Contributors: Roger Ariew, U of South Florida; Richard T. W. Arthur, McMaster U; Lesley B. Cormack, U of Alberta; Daniel Garber, Princeton U; Ursula Goldenbaum, Emory U; Dana Jalobeanu, U of Bucharest; Douglas Jesseph, U of South Florida; Carla Rita Palmerino, Radboud U, Nijmegen and Open U of the Netherlands; Eileen Reeves, Princeton U; Christopher Smeenk, Western U; Justin E. H. Smith, U of Paris 7; Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg U of Pennsylvania.
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- Venue
- University of Minnesota Press eBooks
- Topic
- Historical Philosophy and Science
- Field
- Arts and Humanities
- Canadian institutions
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- Keywords
- LinguisticsPsychologyPhilosophy
- Has abstract in OpenAlex
- yes