Early modern women on metaphysics / edited by Emily Thomas.
Early modern women on metaphysics / edited by Emily Thomas.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/2871
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English
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viii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Reworking early modern metaphysics / Emily Thomas -- Part I: Meta-metaphysics -- 'Heads cast in metaphysical moulds': Damaris Masham on the method and nature of metaphysics / Marcy Lascano -- Part II: Metaphysics of science -- 'Hermaphroditical mixtures': Margaret Cavendish on nature a...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"The work of women philosophers in the early modern period has traditionally been overlooked, yet their writing on topics such as reality, time, mind and matter holds valuable lessons for our understanding of metaphysics and its history. Investigating issues from eternity to free will and from body to natural laws, the essays uncover long- neglecte...
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Early modern women on metaphysics / edited by Emily Thomas.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-286) and index.
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G 2019/2871
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74VKVxvx58ZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxvx58ZM
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ISBN
1107178681 hardcover
9781107178687 hardcover
DDC
190.82
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991024245915902626
