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OverviewRecurrent questions about space have dogged philosophers since ancient times. Can an ordinary person draw from his or her perceptions to say what space is? Or is it rather a technical concept that is only within the grasp of experts? Can geometry characterize the world in which we live? What is God's relation to space? In Ancient Greece, Euclid set out to define space by devising a codified set of axioms and associated theorems that were then passed down for centuries, thought by many philosophers to be the only sensible way of trying to fathom space. Centuries later, when Newton transformed the 'natural philosophy' of the seventeenth century into the physics of the eighteenth century, he placed the mathematical analysis of space, time, and motion at the center of his work. When Kant began to explore modern notions of 'idealism' and 'realism,' space played a central role. But the study of space was transformed forever when, in 1915, Einstein published his general theory of relativity, explaining that the world is not Euclidean after all. This volume chronicles the development of philosophical conceptions of space from early antiquity through the medieval period to the early modern era. The chapters describe the interactions at different moments in history between philosophy and various other disciplines, especially geometry, optics, and natural science more generally. Fascinating central figures from the history of mathematics, science and philosophy are discussed, including Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Proclus, Ibn al-Haytham, Nicole Oresme, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Kant. As with other books in the series, shorter essays, or Reflections, enrich the volume by characterizing perspectives on space found in various disciplines including ecology, mathematics, sculpture, neuroscience, cultural geography, art history, and the history of science. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Janiak (Associate Professor of Philiosophy, Associate Professor of Philiosophy, Duke University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 22.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 14.60cm Weight: 0.524kg ISBN: 9780199914104ISBN 10: 0199914109 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 08 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIts chapters impressively combine analytic sharpness with sensitivity to historical context and philological nuance. * Marius Stan, Journal of the History of Philosophy * The essays are erudite, scholarly, and fecund. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. -- D. B. Boersema, CHOICE Its chapters impressively combine analytic sharpness with sensitivity to historical context and philological nuance. -- Marius Stan, Journal of the History of Philosophy Its chapters impressively combine analytic sharpness with sensitivity to historical context and philological nuance. -- Marius Stan, Journal of the History of Philosophy Author InformationAndrew Janiak is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Duke University, where he also co-leads Project Vox, a web-based enterprise that seeks to recover the lost voices of women in the early modern period. He is the author or editor of four previous books on Isaac Newton and early modern philosophy, and is currently co-writing (with Karen Detlefsen) the first English-language monograph on the philosophy of Émilie du Châtelet. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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