Steno and the philosophers /

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

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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 R...

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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).
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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.

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