William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design?

by McMullen, Emerson Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780761809579
• ISBN10: 0761809570
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-12
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book presents several new ideas in the history and philosophy of science. Against the backdrop of the major events of William Harvey's times, the author provides new insights into Harvey's discovery of the blood's circulation. A major theme is how Harvey and other scientists based their work on the concept that God created the universe purposefully. The author also develops a new, historically-based pattern of scientific discovery and advance.

Table of Contents

Figures	ix	(2)
Tables	xi	(2)
Acknowledgements	xiii	(2)
Preface	xv
Chapter 1: Background to Harvey's Life and Times	1	(18)
Chapter 2: Background to the Use of Purpose in Science	19	(18)
Chapter 3: Harvey's Education and Use of Purpose	37	(14)
Chapter 4: Harvey's Discovery	51	(26)
Chapter 5: Worldview, Harvey, Bacon and Descartes	77	(20)
Chapter 6: Harvey's Legacies	97	(20)
Chapter 7: The New Universe	117	(26)
Chapter 8: From Steno to Newton	143	(20)
Epilogue: Newton, Descartes, and Science after the Seventeenth Century	163	(6)
Appendix: How Science Advances	169	(10)
Notes and References:	179	(38)
Glossary:	217	(4)
Bibliography:	221	(26)
Index:	247	(8)
Author Biographical Sketch:	255