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100 1 _aDunér, David.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Study in the Conceptual Metaphors of the Mechanistic World-View /
_cby David Dunér.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aVII, 483 p. 62 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind ;
_v11
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. The space -- 3. The Sign -- 4. The wave -- 5. The sphere -- 6. The point -- 7. The spiral -- 8. The infinite -- 9. Conclusion.
520 _aAlthough Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) is commonly known for his spiritual philosophy, his early career was focused on natural science. During this period, Swedenborg thought the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. This volume analyses this mechanistic world-view from the cognitive perspective, by means of a study of the metaphors in Swedenborg’s texts. The author argues that these conceptual metaphors are vital skills of the creative mind and scientific thinking, used to create visual analogies and abstract ideas. This means that Swedenborg’s mechanistic and geometrical world-view allowed him to perceive the world as mechanical and geometrical. Swedenborg thought "with" books and pens. The reading gave him associations and clues, forced him to interpret, and gave him material for his intellectual development.
650 0 _aPhilosophy (General).
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of mind.
650 0 _aHumanities.
650 1 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aHistory of Philosophy.
650 2 4 _aHistory of Science.
650 2 4 _aInterdisciplinary Studies.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Mind.
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830 0 _aStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind ;
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