The Philosophy of Kenelm Digby (1603–1665)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-99824-0 (ISBN)
This book examines the philosophical and scientific achievements of Sir Kenelm Digby, a successful English diplomat, privateer and natural philosopher of the mid-1600s. Not widely remembered today, Digby is one of the most intriguing figures in the history of early modern philosophers. Among scholars, he is known for his attempt to reconcile what perhaps seem to be irreconcilable philosophical frameworks: Aristotelianism and early modern mechanism.
This contributed volume offers the first full-length treatment of Digby's work and of the unique position he occupied in early modern intellectual history. It explores key aspects of Digby's metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophical method, and offers a new appraisal of his contributions to early modern natural philosophy and mathematics.
A dozen contributors offer their expert insight into such topics as
- Body, quantity, and measures in Digby's natural philosophy
- Ecumenism and common notions in Digby
- Aristotelianism and accidents in Digby's philosophy
- Digby on body and soul
- Digby on method and experiments
lt;p>Laura Georgescu works in the Department of History of Philosophy at the University of Groningen. She works mainly on early modern natural philosophy and its intersections with metaphysics and epistemology, and has additional research interests in history and philosophy of science. She has published articles on non-canonical natural philosophers, such as William Gilbert and Margaret Cavendish. Currently, she is working on a monograph dedicated to showing how Digby framed his natural philosophy in response to the competing Galilean and Cartesian alternatives.
Han Thomas Adriaenssen works on late medieval and early modern philosophy. His first book, Representation and Scepticism from Aquinas to Descartes (Cambridge University Press 2017), looks at theories of cognition and representation in late medieval and early modern thought. It explores the way in which indirect realism was seen as a skeptical threat by late medieval and early modern authors alike. He has published several papers on early modern thinkers such as Kenelm Digby, Thomas White and John Sergeant, who tried to reconcile Aristotelian ideas with the new philosophy of the seventeenth century. He is currently working on theories of individuation and bodily identity over time in late medieval and early modern thought.
Part I: Metaphysics.- Chapter 1. Digby and the Aristotelians (Dan Garber).- Chapter 2. Digby on the Categories (Han Thomas Adriaenssen).- Chapter 3. Quantity, Body and Measures in Digby's Philosophy (Laura Georgescu).- Chapter 4. Sir Kenelm Digby and the Middle State of Souls (John Henry).- Part II: Method and Epistemology.- Chapter 5. Ecumenism and Common Notions in Digby, Charleton and the Early Leibniz (Andreas Blank).- Chapter 6. Digby and the Philosophical Lexicon (Seth Lobis).- Chapter 7. Digby on Logic (Martine Pécharman).- Chapter 8. Two Treatises in One Volume. Kenelm Digby between Body and Soul (Lodi Nauta).- Part III: Natural Philosophy.- Chpater 9. From Metaphysics to Geometry. The scientific Worlds of Kenelm Digby and Thomas White (Philip Beeley).- Chapter 10. Digby's Chemical Investigations and his Discourse on the Vegetation of Plants (Antonio Clericuzio).- Chpater 11. On Bodies and their Orbs. Explaining Interactions (Dana Jalobeanu).- Chapter 12. Kenelm Digby and Galileo's theories of Motion (Stephen Clucas).
"The Philosophy of Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) is required reading for those working on Digby, and for any reader wishing to know more about an ingenious philosopher whose full historical significance continues to be uncovered." (Niall Dilucia, History of European Ideas, March 5, 2023)
“The Philosophy of Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) is required reading for those working on Digby, and for any reader wishing to know more about an ingenious philosopher whose full historical significance continues to be uncovered.” (Niall Dilucia, History of European Ideas, March 5, 2023)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées |
| Zusatzinfo | VII, 246 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 397 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Schlagworte | Aristotelianism and early modern mechanism • Digby and Galileo's theories of motion • Digby and Galileo’s theories of motion • Digby early modern intellectual history • Digby on bodies and their orbs • Digby's metaphysics • Digby’s metaphysics • early modern chemistry and mathematics • Ecumenism and common notions in Digby • Garber on Digby and the Aristotelians • irreconcilable philosophical frameworks • The scientific Worlds of Kenelm Digby and Thomas White |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-99824-X / 303099824X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-99824-0 / 9783030998240 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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