The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present.: Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Blum, Mark E
• Contents: Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Part I-IV -- Part I The First Modern Metaparadigm, c.1648-c.1750 -- Chapter One The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1648-C.1670: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis -- A. History/Philosophy of History -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1670) and Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) -- B. Literature-The Modern Novel -- Anton Ulrich (1633-1714) -- C. Mathematics-The Development of Logical Calculus (A Precursor of Calculus) -- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1717) Chapter Two The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Theory for Future Inquiry and Problem-Solving C.1670-C.1690 -- A. History/Philosophy of History -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1670) -- Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) -- B. Literature -- Anton Ulrich (1633-1714) -- C. Mathematics-The Further Development of Logical Calculus: Two Studies (1679) -- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1717) -- Chapter Three The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of the Findings C.1690-C.1720 -- A. History/Philosophy of History Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) -- B. Literature -- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) -- C. Mathematics-A Study in the Logical Calculus, Early 1690s -- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1717) -- Chapter Four The Fourth Phase: Integrating the New Four Causal Understandings With the Traditional C.1720-C.1750 -- A. Philosophy of History/Societal Development of Political Institutions -- Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) -- B. Literature -- C. Biology-Environmental Determinism as the Cause of the Evolution of Plants, Animals and Homo Sapiens Montesquieu (1689-1755) -- Part II The Second Modern Metaparadigm, c.1750-c.1865 -- Chapter Five The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1750-C.1770: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis -- A. Philosophy of History/Development of Institutions -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) -- B. Literature -- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) and Edward Young (1683-1765) -- C. Biology and Botany-Discovery of the Male-Female Participation in the Evolution of the Embryo -- Friedrich Caspar Wolff (1733-1794) Chapter Six The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Structure for Guiding New Inquiry and Explanation C.1770-C.1790 -- A. History/Philosophy of History -- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) -- B. Literature -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) -- C. Biology/Botany -- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) -- Chapter Seven The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of the Findings C.1790-C.1820 -- A. Philosophy of History -- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) -- B. Literature
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Subjects: 121.6; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge); Civilization, Modern -- Historiography; Historiography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Civilization, Modern -- Historiography; Historiography; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785276996; 1785276999; 9781785277009; 1785277006
• Related ISBNs: 1785276980; 9781785276989
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