McGrath, Alister E.
Natural Philosophy: On Retrieving a Lost Disciplinary Imaginary
- ISBN 13:
- 9780192865731
- author:
- McGrath, Alister E.
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 centimetres (0.55 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, History & Surveys,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Recovering a lost discipline for the modern world, this book argues for the retrieval of 'natural philosophy', a concept that faded into comparative obscurity as individual scientific disciplines became established and institutionalized.
Natural philosophy was understood in the early modern period as a way of exploring the human relationship with the natural world, encompassing what would now be seen as the distinct disciplines of the natural sciences, mathematics, music, philosophy, and theology. The author sets out to revive this tradition, identifying its essential characteristics and proposing a creative approach to re-imagining it for the modern era.
The retrieved or 're-imagined' natural philosophy is able to encourage both human attentiveness and respectfulness towards Nature, while enfolding both the desire to understand the natural world, and the need to preserve the affective, imaginative, and aesthetic aspects of the human response to nature.
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