Medieval cosmology theories of infinity, place, time, void, and the plurality of worlds / [electronic resource] :
Pierre Duhem ; edited and translated by Roger Ariew.
- University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 601 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword, by Stanley L. Jaki; Preface; Part I: The Two Infinites; 1. Infinitely Small and Infinitely Large (VII, 3-88); 2. Infinitely Large (VII, 89-157); 3. Infinity in Fifteenth-Century Cosmology: Paul of Venice (X, 392-96); Part II: Place; 4. Theory of Place before the Condemnations of 1277 (VII, 158-202); 5. Theory of Place from the Condemnations of 1277 to the End of the Fourteenth Century (VII, 202-302); 6. Place in Fifteenth-Century Cosmology; Part III: Time; 7. Time (VII, 363-411); 8. Time in Fifteenth-Century Cosmology; Part IV: Void
These selections from Le système du monde , the classic ten-volume history of the physical sciences written by the great French physicist Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), focus on cosmology, Duhem's greatest interest. By reconsidering the work of such Arab and Christian scholars as Averroes, Avicenna, Gregory of Rimini, Albert of Saxony, Nicole Oresme, Duns Scotus, and William of Occam, Duhem demonstrated the sophistication of medieval science and cosmology.