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Author Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.

Title Ideas for a philosophy of nature as introduction to the study of this science, 1797 / Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling ; translated by Errol E. Harris and Peter Heath ; with an introduction by Robert Stern
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Description xxv, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Series Texts in German philosophy
Texts in German philosophy.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction Robert Stern -- Translators' note -- Glossary -- 1. Of the combustion of bodies -- 2. Of light -- 3. Of the air and the kinds of air -- 4. Of electricity -- 5. Of the magnet -- 6. General considerations, as results of the foregoing -- 7. On attraction and repulsion in general, as principles of a system of nature -- 8. On the fictitious use of these two principles -- 9. Some remarks on the mechanical physics of M. Le Sage -- 10. First origin of the concept of matter, from the nature of perception and the human mind -- 11. Basic principles of dynamics -- 12. Of contingent determinations of matter - gradual transition into the domain of mere experience -- 13. Philosophy of chemistry in general -- 14. Application of these principles to particular topics of chemistry -- 15. Projected outline of the first principles of chemistry -- Concluding note and transition to the following part -- Appendix -- Index of names -- Index of subjects
Analysis Nature
Notes Includes indexes
Translation of the 2nd ed., published 1803 under title: Ideen zu einer Philosophie der Natur
Translation of: Ideen zu einer Philosophie der Natur
Subject Philosophy of nature.
LC no. 87020873
ISBN 0521321026
0521357330 (paperback)
Other Titles Ideen zu einer Philosophie der Natur. English