On the Threshold of Exact Science : Selected Writings of Anneliese Meier on Late Medieval Natural Philosophy / Annelise Maier; Steven D. Sargent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maier, Annelise, Author.

Contributor:

Sargent, Steven D., Editor.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

The Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Science, Medieval.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Translated into English for the first time, the writings of the twentieth-century scholar Annelise Maier on late medieval natural philosophy are here made accessible to a broader audience. The seven selections represent both Maier's earlier and later works. Her perceptions as a trained philosopher, coupled with her familiarity with the full range of primary source material, result in these rare insights into the historical importance of medieval science.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Bibliographical Notes and Abbreviations

Introduction

One. The Nature of Motion

Two. Causes, Forces, and Resistance

Three. The Concept of the Function in Fourteenth-Century Physics

Four. The Significance of the Theory of Impetus for Scholastic Natural Philosophy

Five. Galileo and the Scholastic Theory of Impetus

Six. The Theory of the Elements and the Problem of Their Participation in Compounds

Seven. The Achievements of Late Scholastic Natural Philosophy

Index

The Middle Ages.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781512809411

1512809411

OCLC:

979581772