Early Modern Matter Theories I: Conceptualising Bodies
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This is the first workshop in the series “Early Modern Matter Theories”, organized by Doina-Cristina Rusu.
The dismissal of the Aristotelian concept of form led to the redefinition of what a body is. Either arguing for an atomistic, a corpuscularian or a pneumatical theory, early modern natural philosophers were facing similar challenges, regarding the fundamental structure of matter and its qualities, or the source of motion and activity in nature.
Programme
| Chair: Han Thomas Adriaenssen | ||
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Silvia Manzo (University of La Plata): | Mat ter’s Activity and Impenetrability in Francis Bacon, Francis Glisson and Henry More |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Doina-Cristina Rusu (University of Groningen): | Deceiving the Senses: the Role of Vapours in Bacon’s Natural Philosophy |
| Chair: Andrea Sangiacomo | ||
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Laura Georgescu University of Groningen): | Digby on Bodies |
| 17:30 – 18:45 | Delphine Bellis (University on Montpellier): | Gassendi’s Theory of Light |
The series “Early Modern Matter Theories” is part of the Veni project “Manipulating Spiritual Matter. How Did Early Modern Science Become Experimental?” led by Doina-Cristina Rusu
| Last modified: | 17 September 2020 5.26 p.m. |