To save the phenomena : an essay on the idea of physical theory from Plato to Galileo / Pierre Duhem ; translated from the French by Edmund Doland and Chaninah Maschler ; with an introductory essay by Stanley L. Jaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie, 1861-1916, author.

Contributor:

Dolan, Edmund, translator.

Maschler, Chaninah, translator.

Jaki, Stanley L., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Philosophy.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 120 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1985.

Summary:

Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics–an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Translator's Note

Introductory Essay

Introduction

1. Greek Science

2. Arabic and Jewish Philosophy

3. Medieval Christian Scholasticism

4. The Renaissance before Copernicus

5. Copernicus and Rheticus

6. From Osiander's Preface to the Gregorian Reform of the Calendar

7. From the Gregorian Reform of the Calendar to the Condemnation of Galileo

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226381657

022638165X