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Skepticism's pictures: figuring Descartes's natural philosophy


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Uittreksel

"Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised, and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's physics and its reception in a panoramic visual culture, where knowledge of the invisible depended on what could be seen"-- Provided by publisher.

Inhoud

Introduction : arguing with pictures -- The picture multiple -- The composite universe -- Matters of replacement -- Twists of realism -- Ironic copies -- Epilogue : Descartes without pictures.

Uitgever

  • Uitgave

    University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]


Gaat over

  • Persoon

  • Onderwerp

  • Periode

    1600-1699


Type

  • Taal


Classificatie

  • ISBN

    • 9780271094823
    • 0271094826

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