Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists

von Saul Fisher

436 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This look at Gassendi's philosophy and science illuminates his contributions to early modern thought and to the broader history of philosophy of science.Two keys to his thought are his novel picture of acquiring and judging empirical belief, and his liberal account of criteria for counting empirical beliefs as parts of warranted physical theories. By viewing his philosophical and scientific pursuits as part of one and the same project, Gassendi's arguments on behalf of atomism can be fruitfully explained as licensed by his empiricism.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften Ideengeschichte, Geistesgeschichte
• ISBN: 9789004119963
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.11.2005
• Größe: 244 x 168 mm
• Verlag: Brill