French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962) is best known in the
English-speaking world for his work on poetics and the literary
imagination, but much of his oeuvre is devoted to epistemology and the
philosophy of science. Like Thomas Kuhn, whose work he anticipates by
three decades, Bachelard examines the revolution taking place in
scientific thought, but with particular attention to the philosophical
implications of scientific practice. Atomistic Intuitions, published
in 1933, considers past atomistic doctrines as a context for proposing
a metaphysics for the scientific revolutions of the twentieth century.
As his subtitle indicates, in this book Bachelard proposes a
classification of atomistic intuitions as they are transformed over
the course of history. More than a mere taxonomy, this exploration of
atomistic doctrines since antiquity proves to be keenly pedagogical,
leading to an enriched philosophical appreciation of modern subatomic
physics and chemistry as sciences of axioms. Though focused on
philosophy of science, the perspectives and intuitions Bachelard
garnered through this work provide a unique and even essential key to
understanding his extensive writings on the imagination. Roch C.
Smith's translation and explanatory notes will help to make this
aspect of Bachelard's thought accessible to a wider readership,
particularly in such fields as aesthetics, literature, and history.
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9781438471297
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2020
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Suny Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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