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Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic: Isaac Beeckman in Context

Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic: Isaac Beeckman in Context

Clement, Albert
Berkel, Klaas Van
Dixhoorn, Arjan Van

Hardcover

Series: Studies in the History of Knowledge

PhilosophySports GeneralGeneral European History

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ISBN10: 946372253X
ISBN13: 9789463722537
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 24 2022
Pages: 502
Weight: 2.10
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
The Dutch Republic around 1600 was a laboratory of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Here conditions were favourable for the development of new ways of knowing nature and the natural philosopher Isaac Beeckman, who was born in Middelburg in 1588, was a seminal figure in this context. He laid the groundwork for the strictly mechanical philosophy that is at the heart of the new science. Descartes and others could build on what they learned, directly or indirectly, from Beeckman. As previous studies have mainly dealt with the scientific content of Beeckman's thinking, this volume also explores the wider social, scientific and cultural context of his work. Beeckman was both a craftsman and a scholar and fruitfully combined artisanal ways of knowing with international scholarly traditions. Beeckman's extensive private notebook offers a unique perspective on the cultures of knowledge that emerged in this crucial period in intellectual history.

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