The Nature of Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages

by Edward Grant

The period from 1200 to 1500 laid the intellectual and institutional foundations for the Scientific Revolution that would occur in the seventeenth century. During this time, the spirit of inquiry motivated natural philosophers more than did substantive content or arguments. Natural philosophers posed hundreds of questions about nature and weighed the pros and cons of each. In the process, they developed a philosophical approach to nature that may...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813217385
• ISBN13: 9780813217383
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"