Matter matters
Smith, Kurt, 1961-
Matter matters metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period / [electronic resource] : Kurt Smith. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why is there a material world? Why is it fundamentally mathematical? 'Matter Matters' explores a 17th-century answer to these questions as it emerged from the works of Descartes and Leibniz. Kurt Smith establishes the claim that mathematics is intelligible if, and only if, matter exists.
9780191723155 (ebook) : No price
Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Matter.
Metaphysics--History--17th century.
BD111
110
Matter matters metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period / [electronic resource] : Kurt Smith. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why is there a material world? Why is it fundamentally mathematical? 'Matter Matters' explores a 17th-century answer to these questions as it emerged from the works of Descartes and Leibniz. Kurt Smith establishes the claim that mathematics is intelligible if, and only if, matter exists.
9780191723155 (ebook) : No price
Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Matter.
Metaphysics--History--17th century.
BD111
110