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• catalog abstract "This book is about ways of understanding contingency and necessity in the world and how these ideas influenced the development of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. It examines the transformation of medieval ideas about God's relationship to the creation into seventeenth century ideas about matter and method as embodied in early articulations of the mechanical philosophy. Medieval thinkers were primarily concerned with the theological problem of God's relationship to the world he created. They discussed questions about necessity and contingency as related to divine power. By the seventeenth century, the focus had shifted to natural philosophy and the extent and certitude of human knowledge. Underlying theological assumptions continued to be reflected in the epistemological and metaphysical orientations incorporated into different versions of the mechanical philosophy. The differences between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Rene Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on divine will. This contingency expressed itself in his conviction that empirical methods are the only way to acquire knowledge about the natural world and that the matter of which all physical things are composed possess some properties that can be known only empirically. Descartes, on the contrary, described a world in which God had embedded necessary relations, some of which enable us to have a priori knowledge of substantial parts of the natural world. The capacity for a priori knowledge extends to the nature of matter which, Descartes claimed to demonstrate, possess only geometrical properties. Gassendi's views can be traced back to the ideas of the fourteenth century nominalists, while Descartes can be linked to Thomist tradition he imbibed at La Fleche. Refracted through the prism of the mechanical philosophy, these theological conceptualizations of contingency and necessity in the world were mirrored in different styles of science that emerged in the second half of the seventeenth century.".
• catalog alternative "Mechanical philosophy.".
• catalog contributor b6021180.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "1. Divine power and divine will in the Middle Ages: Historical and conceptual background -- 2. Baptizing Epicurean philosophy: Gassendi on divine will and the philosophy of nature -- 3. Providence and human freedom in Christian Epicureanism: Gassendi on fortune, fate, and divination -- 4. Theology, metaphysics, and epistemology: Gassendi's "science of appearances" -- 5. Eternal truths and the laws of nature: The theological foundations of Descartes' philosophy of nature -- 6. Gassendi and Descartes in conflict -- 7. Introduction: Theories of matter and their epistemological roots -- 8. Gassendi's atomism: An empirical theory of matter -- 9. Mathematizing nature: Descartes' geometrical theory of matter -- 10. Conclusion: Theology transformed -- the emergence of styles of science.".
• catalog description "Gassendi's views can be traced back to the ideas of the fourteenth century nominalists, while Descartes can be linked to Thomist tradition he imbibed at La Fleche. Refracted through the prism of the mechanical philosophy, these theological conceptualizations of contingency and necessity in the world were mirrored in different styles of science that emerged in the second half of the seventeenth century.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-269) and index.".
• catalog description "The differences between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Rene Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on divine will. This contingency expressed itself in his conviction that empirical methods are the only way to acquire knowledge about the natural world and that the matter of which all physical things are composed possess some properties that can be known only empirically. Descartes, on the contrary, described a world in which God had embedded necessary relations, some of which enable us to have a priori knowledge of substantial parts of the natural world. The capacity for a priori knowledge extends to the nature of matter which, Descartes claimed to demonstrate, possess only geometrical properties. ".
• catalog description "This book is about ways of understanding contingency and necessity in the world and how these ideas influenced the development of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. It examines the transformation of medieval ideas about God's relationship to the creation into seventeenth century ideas about matter and method as embodied in early articulations of the mechanical philosophy. Medieval thinkers were primarily concerned with the theological problem of God's relationship to the world he created. They discussed questions about necessity and contingency as related to divine power. By the seventeenth century, the focus had shifted to natural philosophy and the extent and certitude of human knowledge. Underlying theological assumptions continued to be reflected in the epistemological and metaphysical orientations incorporated into different versions of the mechanical philosophy. ".
• catalog extent "xi, 284 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0521461049".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog subject "123/.092/2 20".
• catalog subject "B1887 .O85 1994".
• catalog subject "B1887".
• catalog subject "Contingency (Philosophy)".
• catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Contributions in mechanical philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650.".
• catalog subject "Free will and determinism History 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655 Contributions in mechanical philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655.".
• catalog subject "God Will History of doctrines 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Necessity (Philosophy)".
• catalog subject "Philosophy of nature History 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Providence and government of God History of doctrines 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Science Philosophy History 17th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Divine power and divine will in the Middle Ages: Historical and conceptual background -- 2. Baptizing Epicurean philosophy: Gassendi on divine will and the philosophy of nature -- 3. Providence and human freedom in Christian Epicureanism: Gassendi on fortune, fate, and divination -- 4. Theology, metaphysics, and epistemology: Gassendi's "science of appearances" -- 5. Eternal truths and the laws of nature: The theological foundations of Descartes' philosophy of nature -- 6. Gassendi and Descartes in conflict -- 7. Introduction: Theories of matter and their epistemological roots -- 8. Gassendi's atomism: An empirical theory of matter -- 9. Mathematizing nature: Descartes' geometrical theory of matter -- 10. Conclusion: Theology transformed -- the emergence of styles of science.".
• catalog title "Divine will and the mechanical philosophy : Gassendi and Descartes on contingency and necessity in the created world / Margaret J. Osler.".
• catalog title "Mechanical philosophy.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".