Book chapter
Patočka on Galileo
The Phenomenological Critique of Mathematisation and the Question of Responsibility, Vol.76, pp.43-55
Springer International Publishing
2014
Abstract
In this paper we present Patočka ’s discussion and critique of the transformation of ‘the world’ into ‘nature’. Patočka takes up the history of ideas from the Ancient Greeks to the present, to show how our understanding of nature changed from the mythical world of the Ancient Greeks to modern mathematised nature; whereby we simply accept a description of nature as nature itself. In Patočka ’s account, the importance of Galileo ’s mathematisation of movement is central.
Details
- Title
- Patočka on Galileo
- Authors/Creators
- L. Učník (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityI. Chvatík (Author/Creator) - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Contributors
- L. Učník (Editor) - Murdoch UniversityA. Williams (Editor)I. Chvatík (Editor) - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Publication Details
- The Phenomenological Critique of Mathematisation and the Question of Responsibility, Vol.76, pp.43-55
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005540346907891
- Copyright
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Additional Information
- Series Title: Contributions To Phenomenology. ISSN: 0923-9545; Vol. 76
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