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245 10 a| Matter matters :b| metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period /c| Kurt Smith.;

260 a| Oxford :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2010.;

300 a| x, 299 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index.;

505 0 a| Preliminaries : the context of modern matter. The visible and the intelligible ; Plato's early and late methods ; Matter and division -- Analysis. Analysis and clarity and distinctness ; A general theory of clarity and distinctness ; The general theory continued ; Enumeration, quantity, and measurement -- Synthesis. Synthesis and system building ; Synthesis and the principle of addition ; Metaphysics, mathematics, and metaphor ; Material structure and calculating machines ; How analysis and synthesis are related -- Sensible and intelligible matter. Is matter real? ; Empirical ideality, reality, and matter ; Empirical reality and intelligible matter ; Transcendental matter -- Tying up the loose ends : closing remarks.;

600 10 a| Descartes, René,d| 1596-1650.=| ^A13394;

600 10 a| Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,c| Freiherr von,d| 1646-1716.=| ^A22924;

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Matter matters : metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period / Kurt Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Kurt, 1961-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description	x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Matter. Metaphysics--History. --17th century.

Contents	Preliminaries : the context of modern matter. The visible and the intelligible ; Plato's early and late methods ; Matter and division -- Analysis. Analysis and clarity and distinctness ; A general theory of clarity and distinctness ; The general theory continued ; Enumeration, quantity, and measurement -- Synthesis. Synthesis and system building ; Synthesis and the principle of addition ; Metaphysics, mathematics, and metaphor ; Material structure and calculating machines ; How analysis and synthesis are related -- Sensible and intelligible matter. Is matter real? ; Empirical ideality, reality, and matter ; Empirical reality and intelligible matter ; Transcendental matter -- Tying up the loose ends : closing remarks.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index.
LCCN	2009941579
ISBN	9780199583652 (hbk.)
ISBN	019958365X (hbk.)

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