Newton’s Sensorium: Anatomy of a Concept
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| 總結: | XXV, 190 p. 6 illus. text |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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| 版: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| 叢編: | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
53 |
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| 在線閱讀: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72053-1 |
| 格式: | 電子 圖書 |
書本目錄:
- Introduction
- Part I. The sensorium in Newton’s texts: 1. Preliminary remarks. 1.1. The data
- Part II. The human sensorium in context: 2.1. Newton on the sensory-motor system. 2.2. Summary and comment
- Part III. The human sensorium in wider context. 3.1. William Briggs on the visual sensory system. 3.2. Thomas Willis on the nervous system. 3.3. The spectator in the dark room
- Part IV. Generalising to the divine sensorium: 4.1. Taking stock. 4.2. The divine spectator and the cosmic spectacle. 4.3. Afterword: Is infinite space a container?
- Conclusion.