Author: Daniel SENNERTUS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Fifth Discourse Concerning the Spontaneous Generation of Live Things. [An Extract from a Translation of D. Sennert's “Hypomnemata Physica.”]
Author: Daniel SENNERTUS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Things Come to Life
Author: Henry Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The question of whether spontaneous generation could exist has occupied scientists, philosophers, historians, and theologians. This book deals with the social and religious context of the debate, and examines the evidence and its probative value.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The question of whether spontaneous generation could exist has occupied scientists, philosophers, historians, and theologians. This book deals with the social and religious context of the debate, and examines the evidence and its probative value.
The Beginnings of Life
Author: Henry Charlton Bastian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Nature and Origin of Living Matter
Author: Henry Charlton Bastian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Elements, Principles and Corpuscles
Author: Antonio Clericuzio
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401594643
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In Elements, Principles and Particles, Antonio Clericuzio explores the relationships between chemistry and corpuscular philosophy in the age of the Scientific Revolution. Science historians have regarded chemistry and corpuscular philosophy as two distinct traditions. Clericuzio's view is that since the beginning of the 17th century atomism and chemistry were strictly connected. This is attested by Daniel Sennert and by many hitherto little-known French and English natural philosophers. They often combined a corpuscular theory of matter with Paracelsian chemical (and medical) doctrines. Boyle plays a central part in the present book: Clericuzio redefines Boyle's chemical views, by showing that Boyle did not subordinate chemistry to the principles of mechanical philosophy. When Boyle explained chemical phenomena, he had recourse to corpuscles endowed with chemical, not mechanical, properties. The combination of chemistry and corpuscular philosophy was adopted by a number of chemists active in the last decades of the 17th century, both in England and on the Continent. Using a large number of primary sources, the author challenges the standard view of the corpuscular theory of matter as identical with the mechanical philosophy. He points out that different versions of the corpuscular philosophy flourished in the 17th century. Most of them were not based on the mechanical theory, i.e. on the view that matter is inert and has only mechanical properties. Throughout the 17th century, active principles, as well as chemical properties, are attributed to corpuscles. Given its broad coverage, the book is a significant contribution to both history of science and history of philosophy.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401594643
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In Elements, Principles and Particles, Antonio Clericuzio explores the relationships between chemistry and corpuscular philosophy in the age of the Scientific Revolution. Science historians have regarded chemistry and corpuscular philosophy as two distinct traditions. Clericuzio's view is that since the beginning of the 17th century atomism and chemistry were strictly connected. This is attested by Daniel Sennert and by many hitherto little-known French and English natural philosophers. They often combined a corpuscular theory of matter with Paracelsian chemical (and medical) doctrines. Boyle plays a central part in the present book: Clericuzio redefines Boyle's chemical views, by showing that Boyle did not subordinate chemistry to the principles of mechanical philosophy. When Boyle explained chemical phenomena, he had recourse to corpuscles endowed with chemical, not mechanical, properties. The combination of chemistry and corpuscular philosophy was adopted by a number of chemists active in the last decades of the 17th century, both in England and on the Continent. Using a large number of primary sources, the author challenges the standard view of the corpuscular theory of matter as identical with the mechanical philosophy. He points out that different versions of the corpuscular philosophy flourished in the 17th century. Most of them were not based on the mechanical theory, i.e. on the view that matter is inert and has only mechanical properties. Throughout the 17th century, active principles, as well as chemical properties, are attributed to corpuscles. Given its broad coverage, the book is a significant contribution to both history of science and history of philosophy.
David Gorlaeus (1591-1612)
Author: Christoph Lüthy
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9089644385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers understood him as an anti-Aristotelian thinker and as a precursor of Descartes. Twentieth-century historians depicted him as an atomist, natural scientist and even as a chemist. And yet, when Gorlaeus died, he was a beginning student in theology. His thought must in fact be placed at the intersection between philosophy, the nascent natural sciences, and theology. The aim of this book is to shed light on Gorlaeus’ family circumstances, his education at Franeker and Leiden, and on the virulent Arminian crisis which provided the context within which his work was written. It also attempts to define Gorlaeus’ place in the history of Dutch philosophy and to assess the influence that it exercised in the evolution of philosophy and science, and notably in early Cartesian circles. Christoph Lüthy is professor of the history of philosophy and science at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9089644385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers understood him as an anti-Aristotelian thinker and as a precursor of Descartes. Twentieth-century historians depicted him as an atomist, natural scientist and even as a chemist. And yet, when Gorlaeus died, he was a beginning student in theology. His thought must in fact be placed at the intersection between philosophy, the nascent natural sciences, and theology. The aim of this book is to shed light on Gorlaeus’ family circumstances, his education at Franeker and Leiden, and on the virulent Arminian crisis which provided the context within which his work was written. It also attempts to define Gorlaeus’ place in the history of Dutch philosophy and to assess the influence that it exercised in the evolution of philosophy and science, and notably in early Cartesian circles. Christoph Lüthy is professor of the history of philosophy and science at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
The Architecture of Matter
Author: Stephen Toulmin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matter
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matter
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Henry More, 1614-1687
Author: R. Crocker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401702179
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This is the first modern biography to place Henry More’s (1614-1687) religious and philosophical preoccupations centre-stage, and to provide a coherent interpretation of his work from a consideration of his own writings, their contexts and aims. It is also the first study of More to exploit the full range of his prolific writings and a number of unknown manuscripts relating to his life. It contains an annotated handlist of his extant correspondence.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401702179
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This is the first modern biography to place Henry More’s (1614-1687) religious and philosophical preoccupations centre-stage, and to provide a coherent interpretation of his work from a consideration of his own writings, their contexts and aims. It is also the first study of More to exploit the full range of his prolific writings and a number of unknown manuscripts relating to his life. It contains an annotated handlist of his extant correspondence.
The Architecture of Matter
Author: Stephen Edelston Toulmin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226808406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226808406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review
From Atomos to Atom
Author: Andrew G. Van Melsen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486495842
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This classic profiles the atom's progress from Grecian philosophy to physical conception in the 17th century and modern applications to quantum theory. "Fascinating." ? Philosophy. 1960 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486495842
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This classic profiles the atom's progress from Grecian philosophy to physical conception in the 17th century and modern applications to quantum theory. "Fascinating." ? Philosophy. 1960 edition.