Early Modern Philosophy of Technology: Bacon and Descartes

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We are pleased to announce the release of our new publication:

Robert R.A. Arnautu

Early Modern Philosophy of Technology: Bacon and Descartes
ISBN: 978-606-8266-73-2 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-606-697-036-5 (ebook)

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BOOK SERIES: FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN THOUGHT

Descartes is not only a philosopher but he is also a technological designer. He is involved in the design and even the construction of various devices, from the machine that cuts lenses, described in Dioptrics, to an automaton referred to in Cogitationes Privatae, a drainage system, a virginal, and the devices constructed with Villebressieu. Descartes works with craftsmen, offers theoretical and practical advice, and general considerations regarding the practice of constructing useful devices.

This book addresses the ‘technological issues’ of Bacon’s and Descartes’ work in order to supply, for the philosophers of technology, a more nuanced analysis of the philosophical positions that set the stage for modern technology and, for the scholars in Early Modern studies, a different reading both of their philosophies and their conceptual affinities.

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