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Hume's Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science (Hardcover)
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Hume's Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science (Hardcover)
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This book contextualizes David Hume’s philosophy of physical
science, exploring both Hume’s background in the history of early
modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the
scientific tradition. Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and
Einstein’s special relativity, and taking in topics including
experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces,
mathematics’ relation to nature, and the concepts of space and
time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume’s relation to
natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume’s
thought within the context of other major philosophers and
scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and
Leibniz. Demonstrating above all Hume’s understanding of the
fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume’s Natural
Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new
insights for historians and philosophers of science.
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