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Skepticism's pictures : figuring Descartes's natural philosophy /

"Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised, and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's physics and its reception in a panoramic visual culture, where knowledge of the invisible depended on what could be seen"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lo, Melissa, 1982- (Author)
Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press,
Publisher Address: University Park, Pennsylvania :
Publication Dates: [2023]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650 > Illustrations.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Scientific illustration > History > 17th century.
Illustration of books > 17th century.
Wood-engraving > 17th century.
Illustration of books.
Scientific illustration.
Wood-engraving
History.
Summary: "Explores the visual idioms that made, sustained, revised, and resisted Cartesian philosophy. Locates Descartes's physics and its reception in a panoramic visual culture, where knowledge of the invisible depended on what could be seen"--
Carrier Form: xv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-205) and index.
ISBN: 9780271094823
0271094826
Index Number: Q222
CLC: J238.5-09
B565.21-64
Call Number: B565.21-64/L795
Contents: Introduction : arguing with pictures -- The picture multiple -- The composite universe -- Matters of replacement -- Twists of realism -- Ironic copies -- Epilogue : Descartes without pictures.

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