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HumanitiesMathematicsPhilosophyEuropean HistoryIntellectual HistoryPhilosophy Of ScienceCartesian PhilosophyHistorical Development Of ScienceHistory Of ScienceHumanismScientific KnowledgeScientific RevolutionClassical TraditionEarly Modern ScienceHistoriography Of Medieval EuropeHistory Of Scientific ConceptsHistory Of Scientific EducationHistory Of Scientific KnowledgeMedieval ScholasticismScientific Revolution In Europe
Introduction: Philosophy and Operationalism - What Was Worth Knowing in 1500 - Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century - The Scholar and the Craftsman: Paracelsus, Gilbert, Bacon - Mathematics Challenges Philosophy: Galileo Versus the Schoolmen - Mechanism: Descartes Builds a Universe - Courting Philosophy: New Homes for Natural Knowledge - Experiment: How to Learn Things in the Seventeenth Century - Cartesians and Newtonians - Conclusion: What Was Worth Knowing in 1727 - Bibliography - Index