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4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS
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Peter Dear
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS xiii
- INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS 1
- 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE 11
- 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY 32
- 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS 63
- 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS 93
- 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE 124
- 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS 151
- 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE 180
- 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT 210
- CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? 245
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
- INDEX 281
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS xiii
- INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS 1
- 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE 11
- 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY 32
- 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS 63
- 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS 93
- 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE 124
- 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS 151
- 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE 180
- 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT 210
- CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? 245
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
- INDEX 281
