Descartes on Mathematics, Method and Motion
Ladislav Kvasz
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Descartes on Mathematics, Method and Motion

On the Role of Cartesian Physics in the Scientific Revolution

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This book argues that Descartes' physics was a milestone on the road to modern mathematical physics. After Newton introduced a completely different approach to mathematical description of motion, Descartes' physics became obsolete and even difficult to comprehend. This text follows the language of Descartes and the means of which motion can be described. It argues that Descartes achieved almost everything that later Newton was able to do-to describe the motion of interacting bodies- by different (i.e. algebraic) means. This volume completely refutes the received view according to which Descart...