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Matter and Form in Early Modern Science and Philosophy.
Title:
Matter and Form in Early Modern Science and Philosophy.
Author:
Manning, Gideon.
ISBN:
9789004221147
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Series:
Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; v.6

Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions
Contents:
Contents -- 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 Substance -- Leibnizian Hylomorphism -- Index of Names.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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