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23Descartes’ Theory of Abstraction in the RegulæJournal of Early Modern Studies 7 (1): 105-121. 2018.I analyze in this article the different ways in which Descartes uses abstraction in the Regulæ, discussing his project of a mathematical physics, the role of the imagination, and the status of numbers. I also try to show that the doctrine of simple natures cannot be well accommodated with the theory of abstraction developed in Rule 14, having instead a greater affinity with Descartes’ later theory of abstraction and exclusion, in which imagination plays no role and everything happens at a strict…Read more
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22Introduction: The Mathematization of Natural Philosophy between Practical Knowledge and Disciplinary BlendingJournal of Early Modern Studies 7 (1): 9-14. 2018.
Bucureşti, Bucureşti, Romania