Divine will and the mechanical philosophy: gassendi and descartes on contingency and necessity in the created world
Auteur :
Osler, Margaret J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521524926
Date de publication :
7 juin 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
440 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about the varying influence of theological conceptions of contingency and necessity on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. Pierre Gassendi and René Descartes both believed that all natural phenomena could be explained in terms of matter and motion alone.