{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-pascal-hardback-9780521809245","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Pascal (Hardback) 9780521809245","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Pascal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA convenient and accessible guide to Blaise Pascal presenting the full range of his achievement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Hammond (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521809245, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 April 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 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'There can be no doubt that the Cambridge Companions series serves a very useful purpose. … Fouke's and Clarke's essays do the work that a historian might expect. … a good bibliography … there is certainly enough interest in this book to make it worth the attention of the historian of science.' British Journal of the History of Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEach volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. Blaise Pascal (1623–62) occupies a position of pivotal importance in many domains: philosophy, mathematics, physics, religious polemics and apologetics. In this volume a team of leading scholars presents the full range of Pascal's achievement and surveys the intellectual background of his thought and the reception of his work. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Pascal currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Pascal.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pascal's life and times Ben Rogers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pascal's reading and the inheritance of Montaigne and Descartes Henry Phillips\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pascal's work on probability A. W. F. Edwards\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pascal and decision theory Jon Elster\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pascal's Physics Daniel Fouke\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pascal's Philosophy of Science Desmond M. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pascal's theory of knowledge Jean Khalfa\u003cbr\u003e 8. Grace and religious belief in Pascal Michael Moriarty\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pascal and Holy Writ David Wetsel\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pascal's Lettres provinciales: from flippancy to fundamentals Richard Parish\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pascal and the social world Hélène Bouchilloux\u003cbr\u003e 12. Pascal and philosophical method Pierre Force\u003cbr\u003e 13. Pascal's Pensées and the art of persuasion Nicholas Hammond\u003cbr\u003e 14. The reception of Pascal's Pensées in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Antony McKenna.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\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":46006029877528,"sku":"9780521809245","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521006118_1a4628c9-897e-4ba1-b6e1-dd34c23333ba.jpg?v=1691368273","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-pascal-hardback-9780521809245","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}