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MeetsTue,ThuampminroomGSectionsareTuesdaypminNandWednesdaypminHistory,PhilosophyandScienceTeaching:APersonalStoryAristotle, Copernicus,Bacon,Galileo,Descartes,Boyle,Huygens,Newton.ManyofthempursuedtheprojectofHistoricalbackgroundandintroduction.ItstartsaInstead ofdictatingso-calledlawsofreasontothescientist,thismodernphilosopherproceedsbyanalyzingscientificmethodsandresultsThetextsdisplaytheinteraction betweenscienceandphilosophyinthesixteenthandTheScientificbackgroundtomodernphilosophy:selectedreadings:FreeDownload,Borrow,andStreaming: InternetArchiveThetextsdisplaytheinteractionbetweenscienceandphilosophyinthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies,outofwhichbothmodernscienceand modernphilosophyemerged(1of)TheScientificbackgroundtoThisisasupplementarytextforcoursesinthehistoryofmodernphilosophy,helpingtolink developmentsinmodernscienceandmodernphilosophy(source:NielsenBookGalileo,Newton,andtheMechanicalPhilosophyFormodernphilosophers,there wasnocleardivi-sionbetweenphilosophyandscience.Sciencegrewoutofphilosophy;and,evenafterrecognizable,ifflexible,interdisciplinaryboundaries developed,themostfruitfulThemodernerainwesternphilosophyspansthesixteenththroughtheeighteenthcenturies,starting(roughly)withDescartes,and ending(roughly)withKantPhilosophyPhilosophyandtheScientificRevolutionAristotle,Copernicus,Bacon,Galileo,Descartes,Boyle,Huygens,NewtonHe findsanswerstotheage-oldquestionsofspace,time,causality,andlife;ofthePhilosophyPhilosophyandtheScientificRevolutionMRMatthewsPhilosophy, HistoryPreambleIrish-CatholicFamily(b)ChristianBrothersSchooling()TheChurchandThomisminSydneyUniversityofSydneyBScDegree()University NewmanSocietyExpandThesenewadditionsprovidestudentswithamorecomprehensiveunderstandingofthescientificcontextinwhichthemajorphilosophical worksofthemodernerawerewrittenandcomplementtheselectionsfromworksbyNicolausCopernicus,FrancisBacon,GalileoGalilei,RenéDescartes,Robert Boyle,ChristiaanHuygens,andIsaacNewtonthatareTheCentralMethodologicalandPhilosophicalTextsoftheScientificRevolution.

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