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.
| ISBN: | 9783031070358 |
| Publication date: | 15th November 2022 |
| Author: | Charles T Wolfe |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 362 pages |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees |
| Genres: |
Western philosophy from c 1800 History of science History of medicine Philosophy of science |
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.
Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy features in the following genres: Western philosophy from c 1800, History of science, History of medicine, Philosophy of science
Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy is available in Hardback
Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy was written by Charles T Wolfe and published by Springer International Publishing AG
Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy has 362 pages
Yes it is part of International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees series
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