The nature of natural philosophy in the late Middle Ages / Edward Grant.

Author/creator Grant, Edward
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press,
Descriptionxvi, 355 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesStudies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 52
Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 52. ^A61641
Contents When did modern science begin? -- Science and the medieval university -- The condemnation of 1277, God's absolute power, and physical thought in the late Middle Ages -- God, science, and natural philosophy in the late Middle Ages -- Medieval departures from Aristotelian natural philosophy -- God and the medieval cosmos -- Scientific imagination in the Middle Ages -- Medieval natural philosophy : empiricism without observation -- Science and theology in the Middle Ages -- The fate of ancient Greek natural philosophy in the Middle Ages : Islam and western Christianity -- What was natural philosophy in the Middle Ages? -- Aristotelianism and the longevity of the medieval worldview.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009036242
ISBN9780813217383 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813217385 (cloth : alk. paper)

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