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Descartes on forms and mechanisms

Title
  1. Descartes on forms and mechanisms / Helen Hattab.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Author
  1. Hattab, Helen.

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Description
  1. x, 236 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Scholasticism
  2. Descartes, René, 1596-1650
  3. Mechanism (Philosophy)
  4. Form (Philosophy)
Contents
  1. Descartes' arguments against the substantial form -- Aquinas' introduction of the substantial form -- Suarez's defense of the substantial form -- Sanchez's skeptical humanist attack -- The mechanical alternative to substantial forms -- Cartesian science and the principles of Aristotelian mechanics -- Atoms, modes, and other heresies -- Descartes' metaphysical alternative to substantial forms.
Call number
  1. JFE 09-4233
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Hattab, Helen.
Title
  1. Descartes on forms and mechanisms / Helen Hattab.
Imprint
  1. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2009016997
ISBN
  1. 9780521518925 (hardback : alk. paper)
  2. 052151892X (hardback : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 09-4233
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