Abbott Edwin. 近代物理科学的形而上学基础

Translator: Butian Zhang. — BeiJing: The commercial press, 2018. — 360 p.This book is a classic in the field of the history of scientific thought. It is both a work on the history of science and a work on the history of philosophy. It had a significant impact on later historians of scientific thought. It examines the process and reasons for the rise of modern science, and emphasizes that science is inseparable from the fields of human thought such as philosophy and religion. This book sets out the methods and metaphysical presuppositions of the 16th and 17th century "philosopher-scientists" such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton. The wonderful analysis explains the success and limitations of the modern world outlook. The clear philosophical motivation is why the mainstream of modern thought is like this. Why does the question of epistemology become the central question of modern philosophy.