Matter and Form in Early Modern Science and Philosophy ( 1 )

Publication series ：1

Author： Manning   Gideon  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004221147

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004218703

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004218703

Subject： N02 Elements of the Philosophy of Science

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Foreword

pp.：  7 – 8

Notes on Contributors

pp.：  9 – 10

Three Biased Reminders about Hylomorphism in Early Modern Science and Philosophy

pp.：  11 – 42

Body, Soul and Anatomy in Late Aristotelian Psychology

pp.：  43 – 86

Living Atoms, Hylomorphism and Spontaneous Generation in Daniel Sennert

pp.：  87 – 108

Elective Affinity Before Geoffroy: Daniel Sennert’s Atomistic Explanation of Vinous and Acetous Fermentation

pp.：  109 – 134

Substantial Forms as Causes: From Suárez to Descartes

pp.：  135 – 160

Mechanizing the Sensitive Soul

pp.：  161 – 196

Descartes and His Critics on Matter and Form: Atomism and Individuation

pp.：  197 – 212

‘Spirit is a Stomach’: The Iatrochemical Roots of Leibniz’s Theory of Corporeal Substance

pp.：  213 – 234

Leibnizian Hylomorphism

pp.：  235 – 254

Index of Names

pp.：  255 – 258

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