Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature

Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9780567070951
ISBN-13 : 0567070956
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Book Synopsis Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature by : Avihu Zakai

Download or read book Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature written by Avihu Zakai and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature: The Re-Enchantment of the World in the Age of Scientific Reasoning analyses the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) on natural philosophy in a series of contexts within which they may best be explored and understood. Its aim is to place Edwards's writings on natural philosophy in the broad historical, theological and scientific context of a wide variety of religious responses to the rise of modern science in the early modern period - John Donne's reaction to the new astronomical philosophy of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo, as well as to Francis Bacon's new natural philosophy; Blaise Pascal's response to Descartes' mechanical philosophy; the reactions to Newtonian science and finally Jonathan Edwards's response to the scientific culture and imagination of his time.


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