{"product_id":"divine-will-and-the-mechanical-philosophy-gassendi-and-descartes-on-contingency-and-necessity-in-the-created-world-paperback-9780521524926","title":"Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy; Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World (Paperback) 9780521524926","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDivine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about the influence of theological presuppositions on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret J. Osler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521524926, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a wonderful book, the culmination of twenty years of patient and painstaking scholarship.\"   International Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is about the influence of varying theological conceptions of contingency and necessity on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) and René Descartes (1596–1650) both believed that all natural phenomena could be explained in terms of matter and motion alone. They disagreed about the details of their mechanical accounts of the world, in particular about their theories of matter and their approaches to scientific method. This book traces their differences back to theological presuppositions they inherited from the Middle Ages. Theological ideas were transformed into philosophical and scientific ideas which led to the emergence of different styles of science in the second half of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Theology and the Philosophy of Nature: 1. Divine power and divine will in the Middle Ages: historical and conceptual background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Baptizing epicurean philosophy: Gassendi on divine will and the philosophy of nature\u003cbr\u003e 3. Providence and human freedom in Christian epicureanism: Gassendi on fate, fortune and divination\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theology, metaphysics, and epistemology: Gassendi's 'Science of Appearances'\u003cbr\u003e 5. Eternal truths and the laws of nature\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Theological Foundations of Descartes' Philosophy of Nature: 6. Gassendi and Descartes in conflict\u003cbr\u003e 7. Introduction: theories of matter and their epistemological connections\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gassendi's atomism, an 'empirical' theory of matter\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mathematizing nature: Descartes' geometrical theory of matter\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion: theology transformed and the emergence of styles of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005333688600,"sku":"9780521524926","price":37.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521524926i_6b49d288-a4f2-4ca3-8d74-d18b588e7573.jpg?v=1691368856","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/divine-will-and-the-mechanical-philosophy-gassendi-and-descartes-on-contingency-and-necessity-in-the-created-world-paperback-9780521524926","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}