The invisible world : early modern philosophy and the invention of the microscope /
Wilson argues that the discovery of the microworld - and the apparent role of living animalcula in generation, contagion, and disease - presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems. It was also a source of problems for philosopher...
| প্রধান লেখক: | |
|---|---|
| বিন্যাস: | Licensed eBooks |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
| প্রকাশিত: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©1995.
|
| মালা: | Studies in intellectual history and the history of philosophy.
|
| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv173f0wr |
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- 1. Science and Protoscience
- 2. The Subtlety of Nature
- 3. Instruments and Applications
- 4. Preexistent and Emergent Form
- 5. Animalcula and the Theory of Animate Contagion
- 6. The Philosophers and the Microscope
- 7. The Microscope Superfluous and Uncertain
- 8. Truths and Appearances.