Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy (1st ed. 2022) (International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées #240)
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- Synopsis
- This volume emphasizes the diversity and fruitfulness of early modern mechanism as a program, as a concept, as a model. Mechanistic study of the living body but also of the mind and mental processes are examined in careful historical focus, dealing with figures ranging from the first-rank (Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Cudworth, Gassendi, Locke, Leibniz, Kant) to less well-known individuals (Scaliger, Martini) or prominent natural philosophers who have been neglected in recent years (Willis, Steno, etc.). The volume moves from early modern medicine and physiology to late Enlightenment and even early 19th-century psychology, always maintaining a conceptual focus. It is a contribution to a newly active field in the history and philosophy of early modern life science. It is of interest to scholars studying the history of medicine and the development of mechanistic theories.
- Copyright:
- 2022
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783031070365
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783031070358
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 12/16/22
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- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Science, Medicine, Philosophy
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- Edited by:
- Charles T. Wolfe
- Edited by:
- Paolo Pecere
- Edited by:
- Antonio Clericuzio
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