"Matter Matters is a work of genius. The work exhibits a breathtaking spread of erudition from antiquity to the present, mobilized to elucidate the early modern significance of the concept of matter. The slight play of words in the title expresses the principal thesis of the work, that mathematics is intelligible for Descartes if and only if matter exists as its object. Smith understands, better than anyone, how Descartes could claim, literally, that "my physics is nothing but geometry." Many will be convinced, some dismayed, and all will be dazzled by this book.'---Thomas M. Lennon, The University of Western Ontario."…mehr
"Matter Matters is a work of genius. The work exhibits a breathtaking spread of erudition from antiquity to the present, mobilized to elucidate the early modern significance of the concept of matter. The slight play of words in the title expresses the principal thesis of the work, that mathematics is intelligible for Descartes if and only if matter exists as its object. Smith understands, better than anyone, how Descartes could claim, literally, that "my physics is nothing but geometry." Many will be convinced, some dismayed, and all will be dazzled by this book.'---Thomas M. Lennon, The University of Western Ontario."
Kurt Smith earned his BA in philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, and his MA and PhD in philosophy at Claremont Graduate University. He is currently Professor of philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. His work can be found in such publications as the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and in the Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy series.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I: Preliminaries: The Context of Modern Matter 1: The Visible and the Intelligible 2: Plato's Early and Late Methods 3: Matter and Division Part II: Analysis 4: Analysis and Clarity and Distinctness 5: A General Theory of Clarity and Distinctness 6: The General Theory Continued 7: Enumeration, Quantity, and Measurement Part III: Synthesis 8: Synthesis and System Building 9: Synthesis and the Principle of Addition 10: Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Metaphor 11: Material Structure and Calculating Machines 12: How Analysis and Synthesis are Related Part IV: Sensible and Intelligible Matter 13: Is Matter Real? 14: Empirical Ideality, Reality, and Matter 15: Empirical Reality and Intelligible Matter 16: Transcendental Matter Tying Up the Loose Ends-Closing Remarks Bibliography
Introduction Part I: Preliminaries: The Context of Modern Matter 1: The Visible and the Intelligible 2: Plato's Early and Late Methods 3: Matter and Division Part II: Analysis 4: Analysis and Clarity and Distinctness 5: A General Theory of Clarity and Distinctness 6: The General Theory Continued 7: Enumeration, Quantity, and Measurement Part III: Synthesis 8: Synthesis and System Building 9: Synthesis and the Principle of Addition 10: Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Metaphor 11: Material Structure and Calculating Machines 12: How Analysis and Synthesis are Related Part IV: Sensible and Intelligible Matter 13: Is Matter Real? 14: Empirical Ideality, Reality, and Matter 15: Empirical Reality and Intelligible Matter 16: Transcendental Matter Tying Up the Loose Ends-Closing Remarks Bibliography
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