The Uses of Antiquity: The Scientific Revolution and the Classical Tradition

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Stephen Gaukroger
Springer Science & Business Media, Jul 31, 1991 - History - 261 pages
The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appoint ments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of W ollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand. 'Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science' aims to provide a distinctive pUblication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues, however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided. Further more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact - they are actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question.

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COPERNICUS APOLLO AND HERAKLES
1
RELIGION AND THE FAILURES OF DETERMINISM
25
HOBBES AND STOIC NATURALISM
53
CUDWORTH AND SEVENTEENTHCENTURY THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
79
THE NEOPLATONIC CONCEPTION OF NATURE IN MORE CUDWORTH AND BERKELEY
101
THE ANCIENT LEGAL SOURCES OF SEVENTEENTHCENTURY PROBABILITY
123
ROBERT HOOKE PHYSICOMYTHOLOGY KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT WO...
145
THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS AND THE SECULARISATION OF HISTORY IN THE AGE OF NEWTON
171
ON NEWTONIAN HISTORY
213
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
251
INDEX OF MYTHICAL AND HISTORICAL FIGURES
253
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