Occult Powers and Hypotheses: Cartesian Natural Philosophy Under Louis XIV

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This book analyses the concept of scientific explanation developed by French disciples of Descartes in the period 1660-1700. Clarke examines the views of authors such as Malebranche and Rohault, as well as those of less well-known authors such as Cordemoy, Gadroys, Poisson and R gis. These Cartesian natural philosophers developed an understanding of scientific explanation as necessarily hypothetical, and, while they contributed little to new scientific...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198248121

ISBN13:9780198248125

Release Date:May 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.08 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"

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Philosophy Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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