Atomistic Intuitions
An Essay on Classification
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 2018
152 pages
978-1-4384-7129-7 (ISBN)
Description
An English translation of Bachelard's sixth book, in which he seeks to develop a metaphysical context for modern atomistic science.
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English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
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ISBN-13
978-1-4384-7129-7 (9781438471297)
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Roch C. Smith is Professor Emeritus of French Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of Gaston Bachelard, Revised and Updated: Philosopher of Science and Imagination, also published by SUNY Press, as well as books on Alain Robbe-Grillet and André Malraux.
Content
Translator's introduction
Preface to the French Edition
Introduction: The Fundamental Complexity of Atomistics
Part I.
1. The Metaphysics of Dust
2. Realist Atomism
3. Problems of the Composition of Phenomena
Part II.
4. Positivist Atomism
5. Critical Atomism
6. Axiomatic Atomism
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Preface to the French Edition
Introduction: The Fundamental Complexity of Atomistics
Part I.
1. The Metaphysics of Dust
2. Realist Atomism
3. Problems of the Composition of Phenomena
Part II.
4. Positivist Atomism
5. Critical Atomism
6. Axiomatic Atomism
Conclusion
Notes
Index
