Marcus P Adams

Gebundenes Buch

Hobbes's Two Sciences

Politics, Geometry, and the Structure of Philosophy

Beschreibung

Is politics a science? Hobbes's Two Sciences explores how Seventeenth Century Philosopher Thomas Hobbes answered this question in the affirmative by developing a novel theory of knowledge and by finding inspiration in the methods of mathematics and physics.

Autor

Marcus P. Adams is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany and former Associate Editor of the journal Hobbes Studies. His research focuses on perception and natural philosophy in Early Modern Philosophy, in particular these areas in the thought of Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish. He has edited A Companion to Hobbes (2021), and his papers have appeared in journals such as British Journal for the History of Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Philosophers' Imprint.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780198924685
• ISBN-10: 0198924682
• Artikelnr.: 73516083