Buridan's Physics and/or Experimental Method
Zita V. Toth
Broschiertes Buch

Buridan's Physics and/or Experimental Method

The Concept and Role of Experimentum in John Buridan's Physics Commentary

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John Buridan was one of the most influential natural philosophers of the Middle Ages, who has often been regarded as an important forerunner of modern physics. The present book examines Buridan's natural philosophy from a methodological point of view, presenting his methodology both as it is explicitly elaborated in his theoretical writings and as practiced in his Physics commentary. By analyzing his treatment of the void in the latter work it becomes apparent that experience has a twofold role in Buridan's argumentation: it provides the basis of certain premises, but has little part in the sc...