Search

Home > Lectures in Intellectual History > J. R. Milton - The Rise of Mechanism: What and Why?
Podcast: Lectures in Intellectual History
Episode:

J. R. Milton - The Rise of Mechanism: What and Why?
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:55:13
Publish Date: 2014-11-04 17:15:00
Description: At the end of the seventeenth century, corpuscularianism, the mechanical philosophy, and mechanics (as a branch of applied mathematics) were all rising in importance. In this paper, John Milton provides a definitive account of these three concepts, how they relate to each other, and explains why they became popular.
Total Play: 0