{"product_id":"descartes-agonistes-john-schuster-9789400747456","title":"Descartes-Agonistes: Physico-Mathematics, Method \u0026 Corpuscular-Mechanism 1618-33","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reconstructs key aspects of the early career of Descartes from 1618 to 1633; that is, up through the point of his composing his first system of natural philosophy, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde, \u003c\/i\u003e in 1629-33. It focuses upon the overlapping and intertwined development of Descartes' projects in physico-mathematics, analytical mathematics, universal method, and, finally, systematic corpuscular-mechanical natural philosophy. The concern is not simply with the conceptual and technical aspects of these projects; but, with Descartes' agendas within them and his construction and presentation of his intellectual identity in relation to them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescartes' technical projects, agendas and senses of identity shifted over time, entangled and displayed great successes and deep failures, as he morphed from a mathematically competent, Jesuit trained graduate in neo-Scholastic Aristotelianism to aspiring prophet of a systematised corpuscular-mechanism, passing through stages of being a committed \u003ci\u003ephysico-mathematicus\u003c\/i\u003e, advocate of a putative 'universal mathematics', and projector of a grand methodological dream. In all three dimensions--projects, agendas and identity concerns--the young Descartes struggled and contended, with himself and with real or virtual peers and competitors, hence the title '\u003ci\u003eDescartes-Agonistes\u003c\/i\u003e'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9400747454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789400747456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.38d","brand":"John Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48800829538559,"sku":"9789400747456","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/descartes-agonistes-john-schuster-9789400747456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}