Hume`s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science
Slavov, Matias
Hume`s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science - London Bloomsbury Academic 2020 - 197p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book contextualizes David Hume's philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume's background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, it deepens our understanding of Hume's relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume's thought within the context of other major philosophers, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle and Kant, and scientists including Newton and Leibniz"--
9781350087866
2020026797
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Physics--Philosophy.
Physical sciences--Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
N72.1HD / SL160
Hume`s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science - London Bloomsbury Academic 2020 - 197p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book contextualizes David Hume's philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume's background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, it deepens our understanding of Hume's relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume's thought within the context of other major philosophers, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle and Kant, and scientists including Newton and Leibniz"--
9781350087866
2020026797
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Physics--Philosophy.
Physical sciences--Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
N72.1HD / SL160