Casper Hakfoort
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Casper Hakfoort |
| GIVEN NAMES | Casper |
| FAMILY NAME | Hakfoort |
| SIGNATURE | HAKFOORT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Optics in the Age of Euler
According to received historiography, the fundamental issue in eighteenth-century optics was whether light could be understood as the emission of particles, or as the motion of waves in a subtle medium. Moreover, the emission theory of light was supposed to have been dominant in the eighteenth century, backed by Newton's physical arguments. This picture is enriched and qualified by focusing on the origins, contents and reception of the wave theor…
The Historiography of Scientism
Les etudes sociales, intellectuelles et psychologiques de l'histoire du scientisme peuvent illustrer la richesse du phenomene, et demontrer sa fascinante diversite qui caracterise la culture occidentale moderne
The Missing Syntheses in the Historiography of Science
The Missing Syntheses in the Historiography of Science
The Historiography of Scientism
Les etudes sociales, intellectuelles et psychologiques de l'histoire du scientisme peuvent illustrer la richesse du phenomene, et demontrer sa fascinante diversite qui caracterise la culture occidentale moderne
Optics in the Age of Euler
According to received historiography, the fundamental issue in eighteenth-century optics was whether light could be understood as the emission of particles, or as the motion of waves in a subtle medium. Moreover, the emission theory of light was supposed to have been dominant in the eighteenth century, backed by Newton's physical arguments. This picture is enriched and qualified by focusing on the origins, contents and reception of the wave theor…
Archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Historiography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Classical mechanics (1 work) · Classics (1 work)