Matter matters [electronic resource] : metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period /
by Smith, Kurt.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191723155 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650 | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 | Matter | Metaphysics -- History -- 17th centuryOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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