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).

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction / Raphaële Andrault and Mogens Lærke -- From Natural Philosophy to Theology -- Modus politicus vivendi: Nicolaus Steno and the Dutch (Swammerdam, Spinoza and Other Friends), 1660–1664 / Eric Jorink -- Jesuits, Women, Money or Natural Theology? Nicolas Steno’s Conversion to Catholicism in 1667 / Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen -- Leibniz and Steno, 1675–1680 / Mogens Lærke -- Anatomy and Metaphysics: Steno and Cartesianism -- Human Brain and Human Mind: The Discourse on the Anatomy of the Brain and Its Philosophical Reception / Raphaële Andrault -- Steno’s Critique of Descartes and Louis de La Forge’s Response / Vasiliki Grigoropoulou -- Steno’s Myology: The Right Theory at the Wrong Time / Troels Kardel -- The Natural History of the Earth -- Thinking from Traces: Nicolas Steno’s Palaeontology and the Method of Science / Justin E.H. Smith -- Steno, Leibniz, and the History of the World / Daniel Garber -- Steno at the Medici Court -- Steno’s Historia: Methods and Practices at the Court of Ferdinando II / Jakob Bek-Thomsen -- Some Observations on Nicolas Steno as a Critical Reader at the Crossroads of Natural Science and Theology: André Martin and Giordano Bruno / Frank Sobiech -- Steno in Italy: From Florence to Rome / Pina Totaro -- Back Matter -- Index of Names.