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Subject(s)

• Space—Philosophy—History [Browse]
• Cosmology—History [Browse]
• Imagination [Browse]
• Science—Philosophy—History [Browse]

Editor

• Bakker, Frederik A. [Browse]
• Bellis, Delphine [Browse]
• Palmerino, Carla Rita [Browse]

Series

• Studies in history and philosophy of science (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 48. [More in this series]
• Studies in history and philosophy of science, 0929-6425 ; volume 48

Notes

Outgrowth of an international conference organized by the editors and held at Radboud University, Nijmegen, June 9-10, 2016. (Acknowledgments)

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Space, imagination and the cosmos, from antiquity to the early modern period: introduction / Frederik A. Bakker, Delphine Bellis, and Carla Rita Palmerino
• 2. Aristotle's account of place in Physics 4 : some puzzles and some reactions / Keimpe Algra
• 3. The end of Epicurean infinity : critical reflections on the Epicurean infinite universe / Frederik A. Bakker
• 4. Space and movement in medieval thought : the angelological shift / Tiziana Suarez-Nani
• 5. Mathematical and metaphysical space in the early fourteenth century / William O. Duba
• 6. Space, imagination, and numbers in John Wyclif's mathematical theology / Aurélien Robert
• 7. Francisco Suárez and Francesco Patrizi : metaphysical investigations on place and space / Olivier Ribordy
• 8. Giordano Bruno's concept of space : cosmological and theological aspects / Miguel Á. Granada
• 9. Libert Froidmont's conception and imagination of space in three early works : Peregrinatio cœlestis (1616), De cometa (1618), Meteorologica (1627) / Isabelle Pantin
• 10. Questioning Fludd, Kepler and Galileo : Mersenne's harmonious universe / Natacha Fabbri
• 11. Imaginary spaces and cosmological issues in Gassendi's philosophy / Delphine Bellis
• 12. Space, imagination and the cosmos in the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Carla Rita Palmerino.

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ISBN

• 3030027643
• 9783030027643

OCLC

1054370838

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