The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the place that Hobbes assigns to optics in the context of his classification of sciences and disciplinary boundaries. To do this, I will begin with an account of Hobbes’s conception of philosophy or science, and particularly his distinction between true and hypothetical knowledge. I will also show that in his demarcation between mathematics or geometry and natural philosophy Hobbes was influenced by Galileo’s Dialogue. I then analyse the consequences of this distinction for optics, and conclude by clarifying its status among the scientific disciplines.

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霍布斯自然哲学中的光学

本文的目的是概述霍布斯在他的科学分类和学科边界背景下分配给光学的位置。为此，我将首先介绍霍布斯的哲学或科学概念，特别是他对真实知识和假设知识的区分。我还将说明，在划分数学或几何与自然哲学时，霍布斯受到伽利略对话的影响。然后我分析了这种区别对光学的影响，并通过澄清它在科学学科中的地位来结束。