Descartes on Mathematics, Method and Motion

Ladislav Kvasz studied mathematics and philosophy at Comenius University. He spent longer sojourns at the University of Vienna, King’s College London, University of California at Berkeley and Technical University in Berlin. His book Patterns of Change (2008) was awarded the International Fernando Gil Prize for the Philosophy of Science. He is interested in the changes of the formal language of science and the consequences which linguistic innovations (such as invention of variables, or introduction of functions) had on scientific method and thought.

• Chapter 1. Schuster’s interpretation of Descartes in Descartes Agonistes.- Chapter 2. Who was Descartes?.- Chapter 3. What is mathesis universalis?.-Chapter 4. What is method?.-Chapter 5. What is mathematical physics?.-Chapter 6. Arguments showing that Descartes’ physics was mathematical.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.