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Boundaries, Extents and Circulations

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 41)

Editors: Vermeir, Koen; Regier, Jonathan

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41075-3

ISBN: 978-3-319-41074-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 15, 2016

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Chapter 1Boundaries, Extents and Circulations: An Introduction to Spatiality and the Early Modern Concept of Space

Regier, Jonathan; Vermeir, Koen

Pages: 1 –32

[This introductory chapter spells out our vision of a more inclusive history of space. We start with a close look at the meaning of the concept of space and its cognates, noting their practical as well as theoretical implications. In exploring earthly, imaginary and (un)godly places and spaces,...
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Chapter 2Leibniz and the Petrifying Virtue of the Place

Ariew, Roger

Pages: 33 –54

[The medieval account of fossils is that animals are sometimes changed into stones because of the petrifying virtue of certain places. This doctrine continues well into the second half of the seventeenth century. The standard account, then, is that fossils are the remains of animals; it inherits...
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Chapter 3Francesco Patrizi and the New Geometry of Space

De Risi, Vincenzo

Pages: 55 –106

[This chapter deals with the philosophy of space and the theory of geometry developed by the Renaissance philosopher Francesco Patrizi da Cherso. Patrizi’s metaphysics of space shares several common features with other similar constructions (by Bruno, Campanella, and others) aimed at radically...
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Chapter 4The Inception of the Concept of Infinite Physical Space in the Time of Copernicus and Giordano Bruno

Seidengart, Jean

Pages: 107 –124

[I propose an analysis of one of the principal steps in the formation of the concept of cosmic space at the very beginning of classical science. Following the Copernican reversal, the apparent movement of the sky became pure illusion, while even the existence of the sphere of fixed stars lost its...
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Chapter 5The Perception of Spatial Depth in Kepler’s and Descartes’ Optics: A Study of an Epistemological Reversal

Bellis, Delphine

Pages: 125 –152

[This paper is devoted to the explanation of the location and distance of objects in three-dimensional space through vision in the work of two major opticians of the 17th century, namely Kepler and Descartes. I show that, in his Dioptrique, Descartes took up from Kepler’s Ad Vitellionem...
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Chapter 6Experimental Cartesianism and the Problem of Space

Dobre, Mihnea

Pages: 153 –178

[Notoriously, Descartes does not have a concept of space. Or more precisely, he takes space as indistinguishable from matter or extension. Yet, to some of his contemporaries, his physics was successful at providing mechanical descriptions of the natural world. In this paper, I discuss the problem...
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Chapter 7Putting the Devil on the Map: Demonology and Cosmography in the Renaissance

Maus de Rolley, Thibaut

Pages: 179 –207

[This chapter explores the conceptions and representations of space in early modern demonology, focusing on the contribution brought by cosmographical knowledge to demonology in the Renaissance. I start by examining the conception of the devil as an inhabitant of the air, free to invade the world...
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Chapter 8All Space Will Pass Away: The Spiritual, Spaceless and Incorporeal Heaven of Valentin Weigel (1533–1588)

Scafi, Alessandro

Pages: 209 –227

[The cosmology of Valentin Weigel (1533–1588) offers an example of the changing understanding of space and the universe between medieval and modern times. The aim of this essay is to explore his discussion of the nature of space in the treatise Vom Ort der Welt (On the Place of the World, 1576)...
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Chapter 9‘Borders,’ ‘Leaps’ and ‘Orbs of Virtue:’ A Contextual Reconstruction of Francis Bacon’s Extension-Related Concepts

Jalobeanu, Dana

Pages: 229 –254

[Francis Bacon’s natural philosophy contains a whole series of interconnected concepts related to extension, such as “borders,” “leaps” and “orbs of virtue.” These Baconian concepts are still not fully understood and are in need of a detailed analysis. They do not derive from a general conception...
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Chapter 10The Circulating Structure of Cosmological Space in the Seventeenth Century Chemical Tradition

Peterschmitt, Luc

Pages: 255 –273

[I propose following one of the major themes in chemistry from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth: the circulation of seeds. My goal is not only to bring forward the longevity of this tradition—this is self-evident. Instead, I want to show how under diverse forms,...

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