Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy
Antonio Clericuzio editor Charles T Wolfe editor Paolo Pecere editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
Published:15th Nov '23
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- Hardback£109.99(9783031070358)
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: 9783031070389
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362 pages
1st ed. 2022