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024 7 _a10.7591/9781501734212
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501734212
035 _a(DE-B1597)534295
035 _a(OCoLC)1129184989
040 _aDE-B1597
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aEmerton, Norma
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Scientific Reinterpretation of Form /
_cNorma Emerton.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©1984
300 _a1 online resource (320 p.) :
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tForeword --
_tContents --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tPreface --
_t1. Form in the Mineral Kingdom --
_t2. The Development of the Concept of Form after Aristotle --
_t3. Mixtion and Minima: The Beginnings of a Corpuscular Approach to Form --
_t4. Minima and Atoms: The Corpuscular Reinterpretation of Form --
_t5. Atoms and Crystals: The Geometrical Approach to Form --
_t6. The Development of Form in the Platonic Tradition --
_t7. Spirit and Seed: The Chemical Reinterpretation of Form --
_t8. Salt, Earth, and Universal Acid: The Material Embodiment of Form --
_t9. The Form and Origin of Crystals --
_t10. Primitive Form: The Heart of the Matter --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aA noteworthy study in the history of ideas, this is the first systematic account of an idea that was born with the concept of science itself in ancient Greece and that has been vital to its evolution ever since. The book traces the development of the concept of form—one of the most important and persistent elements in natural philosophy—from its origins in Plato and Aristotle to the beginnings of the nineteenth century. Norma Emerton depicts the transformation of the form concept as it was transferred from a philosophical to a scientific context, and she explains how it was reinterpreted and used especially in particle theory, chemical doctrine, and crystallography in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Throughout she emphasizes the philosophical, linguistic, and theological context of scientific theories, supporting her argument with evidence from a wide variety of primary sources, some of them little known, and many of them specially translated by the author. In form and style her book treats the history of a "unit-idea " in the grand tradition of A. 0. Lovejoy's Great Chain of Being. ''The story is a fascinating one,'' writes L. Pearce Williams in the Foreword. "This is 'internal' history of science which illustrates well the fact that scientific ideas have lives of their own worth investigating, describing, and analyzing. The result is a history that introduces one of the most important and central concerns of modern science." The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form will be of particular interest to historians and philosophers of science, intellectual historians, and others concerned with the dynamic interaction between philosophy, theology, and science.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aForm (Philosophy).
650 0 _aHylomorphism.
650 0 _aMatter
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory.
650 4 _aHistory Of Science.
650 4 _aHistory.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / History.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501734212
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501734212
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