Author : Timothy J. Reiss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521582216
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (822 download)
Book Synopsis Knowledge, Discovery and Imagination in Early Modern Europe by : Timothy J. Reiss
Download or read book Knowledge, Discovery and Imagination in Early Modern Europe written by Timothy J. Reiss and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent explanations of changes in early modern European thought speak much of a move from orality and emphasis on language to print culture and a "spatial" way of thinking. Timothy J. Reiss offers a more complex explanation for the massive changes in thought that occurred. He describes how, while teaching and public debate continued to be based in the language arts, scientific and artistic areas came to depend on mathematical disciplines, including music, for new means and methods of discovery, and as a basis for wider sociocultural renewal.