Steno and the philosophers / / edited by Raphaele Andrault, Mogens Laerke.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 276
• TeilnehmendeR: Andrault, Raphaële,; Laerke, Mogens,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 276.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page --; Abbreviations --; List of Contributors --; Introduction /; From Natural Philosophy to Theology --; Modus politicus vivendi: Nicolaus Steno and the Dutch (Swammerdam, Spinoza and Other Friends), 1660–1664 /; Jesuits, Women, Money or Natural Theology? Nicolas Steno’s Conversion to Catholicism in 1667 /; Leibniz and Steno, 1675–1680 /; Anatomy and Metaphysics: Steno and Cartesianism --; Human Brain and Human Mind: The Discourse on the Anatomy of the Brain and Its Philosophical Reception /; Steno’s Critique of Descartes and Louis de La Forge’s Response /; Steno’s Myology: The Right Theory at the Wrong Time /; The Natural History of the Earth --; Thinking from Traces: Nicolas Steno’s Palaeontology and the Method of Science /; Steno, Leibniz, and the History of the World /; Steno at the Medici Court --; Steno’s Historia: Methods and Practices at the Court of Ferdinando II /; Some Observations on Nicolas Steno as a Critical Reader at the Crossroads of Natural Science and Theology: André Martin and Giordano Bruno /; Steno in Italy: From Florence to Rome /; Back Matter --; Index of Names.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004360654
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raphaele Andrault, Mogens Laerke.

Steno and the Philosophers offers an account of the life and works of the Danish scientist and theologian Nicolas Steno (1638-1686). Its aim is to study the intricate relations between philosophy, theology, and the emerging sciences (anatomy, medicine and geology in particular) in the early modern Republic of Letters through the biographical prism of one of its most fascinating members. Concentrating on Steno’s contributions to natural philosophy and his relations to philosophers, the volume portrays Steno, not only as an influential scientist and theologian, but also as a natural philosopher who played a pivotal, albeit ambivalent, role in the intellectual networks amongst philosophers and natural scientists in the late seventeenth century. Contributors include Raphaële Andrault, Jakob Bek-Thomsen, Daniel Garber, Vasiliki Girgoropoulo, Eric Jorink, Troels Kardel, Mogens Lærke, Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen, Justin E. H. Smith, Frank Sobiech and Pina Totaro.