The Language of Nature Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

• Other Authors: Gorham, Geoffrey (Editor), Hill, Benjamin (Editor), Slowik, Edward (Editor), Waters, C. Kenneth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Minnesota Press 2016
• Series: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
• Subjects: Philosophy; Philosophy of science; General Science
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Galileo's dictum that the book of nature "is written in the language of mathematics" is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature...