Gersonides - A Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Philosopher-Scientist (Hardcover)

Gersonides was a highly original Jewish philosopher, scientist and biblical exegete, active in Provence in the first half of the fourteenth century. Ruth Glasner explores his impressive achievements, and argues that the key to understanding his originality is his perspective as an applied mathematical scientist. It was this perspective that led him to examine Aristotelianism from directions different from those usually adopted by contemporary scholastic scholars. Gersonides started on his way, as he himself claims, as a 'mathematician, natural scientist, and philosopher', who believed in his power to solve the main problems of medieval science. He ended up concentrating on his work as a mathematical astronomer, developing techniques of observation and computation, and somewhat less optimistic about the prospect of scientific knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
Authors:	Ruth Glasner
Dimensions:	224 x 148 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-873586-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-873586-3
Barcode:	9780198735861

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