Seeking Nature's Logic: Natural Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment

by David B. Wilson

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The Scottish Enlightenment was a vital moment in the history of Western civilization. As one modern admirer of Scotland cogently wrote: "No small nation--except Greece--has ever achieved an intellectual and cultural breakthrough of this magnitude." Placing Isaac Newton's natural philosophy within a broad conceptual context, Seeking Nature's Logic takes that science from Galileo to the early nineteenth century, concentrating on Scotland during...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271033606

ISBN13:9780271033600

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.42 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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