A Treatise of Fluxions

A Treatise of Fluxions
Author: Colin MACLAURIN (Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1801
Genre:
ISBN:

The Cyclopaedia

The Cyclopaedia
Author: Abraham Rees
Publisher:
Total Pages: 784
Release: 1819
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

De Motu and the Analyst

De Motu and the Analyst
Author: G. Berkeley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9401125929

Berkeley's philosophy has been much studied and discussed over the years, and a growing number of scholars have come to the realization that scientific and mathematical writings are an essential part of his philosophical enterprise. The aim of this volume is to present Berkeley's two most important scientific texts in a form which meets contemporary standards of scholarship while rendering them accessible to the modern reader. Although editions of both are contained in the fourth volume of the Works, these lack adequate introductions and do not provide com plete and corrected texts. The present edition contains a complete and critically established text of both De Motu and The Analyst, in addi tion to a new translation of De Motu. The introductions and notes are designed to provide the background necessary for a full understanding of Berkeley's account of science and mathematics. Although these two texts are very different, they are united by a shared a concern with the work of Newton and Leibniz. Berkeley's De Motu deals extensively with Newton's Principia and Leibniz's Specimen Dynamicum, while The Analyst critiques both Leibnizian and Newto nian mathematics. Berkeley is commonly thought of as a successor to Locke or Malebranche, but as these works show he is also a successor to Newton and Leibniz.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley

The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley
Author: Bertil Belfrage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1441114785

Due to his theory of 'immaterialism' and Schopenhauer's regard of him as the 'father of idealism', George Berkeley (1685-1753) is one of the most important thinkers of the Early Modern period. The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to his life, thought and work. In twenty six original essays, a team of leading international scholars of Modern Philosophy cover all of Berkeley's writings including unpublished manuscripts and correspondence, thus providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the entire corpus of Berkeley's writings. The book includes extended essays on key themes in Berkeley's thought as well as sections covering Berkeley's life and times, and also his intellectual influence and legacy.