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Matter and Form in Early Modern Science and Philosophy.
Bringing together an international team of historians of science and philosophy to discuss the fate of matter and form, this volume shows how disputes about matter and form spurred innovation as well as conservatism in early modern science and philosophy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2012.
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Three Biased Reminders about Hylomorphism in Early Modern Science and Philosophy; Body, Soul and Anatomy in Late Aristotelian Psychology; Living Atoms, Hylomorphism and Spontaneous Generation in Daniel Sennert; Elective Affinity Before Geoffroy: Daniel Sennert's Atomistic Explanation of Vinous and Acetous Fermentation; Substantial Forms as Causes: From Suárez to Descartes; Mechanizing the Sensitive Soul; Descartes and His Critics on Matter and Form: Atomism and Individuation.
- 'Spirit is a Stomach': The Iatrochemical Roots of Leibniz's Theory of Corporeal SubstanceLeibnizian Hylomorphism; Index of Names.