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Fostering a new approach to the study of the history of natural philosophy this series aims to expand the discussion on natural philosophy cross-culturally and comparatively by focusing on the philosophical reasoning about nature developed particularly, but not exclusively, in three main cultural settings: Europe, the Middle East, and China.
Mar 28, 2008 · Summary. NEWTON AND BEYOND. In the preface to his work on the metaphysical foundations of Newton’s science, Kant wrote that ‘since in any doctrine of nature there is only as much proper science as there is a prioriknowledge therein, a doctrine of nature will contain only as much proper science as there is mathematics capable of application ...
Nov 14, 2010 · He uses biological metaphors in a description of the nineteenth-century sciences as having “reached sufficient maturity and development” to leave the “nest” of their “mother”, natural philosophy (303); and in the assertion, “history is akin to the relationship between the human embryo and the full-blown adult” (322).
A History of Natural Philosophy. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and was little con- cerned with mathematics. By contrast, the exact mathematical sciences – such as astronomy, optics, and mechanics – were narrowly confined to ...
But “natural philosophy” (and its equivalents in different languages) was also an actor's category, a term commonly used throughout the early modern period and typically defined quite broadly as the study of natural bodies. As the central discipline dedicated to laying out the principles and causes of natural phenomena, natural philosophy ...
History is the study of the past in all its forms. Philosophy of history examines the theoretical foundations of the practice, application, and social consequences of history and historiography. It is similar to other area studies – such as philosophy of science or philosophy of religion – in two respects. First, philosophy of history ...
May 26, 2006 · Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy. First published Fri May 26, 2006; substantive revision Mon Apr 24, 2023. Aristotle had a lifelong interest in the study of nature. He investigated a variety of different topics, ranging from general issues like motion, causation, place and time, to systematic explorations and explanations of natural phenomena ...
