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Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 51
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This monograph details the entire scientific thought of an
influential natural philosopher whose contributions, unfortunately,
have become obscured by the pages of history. Readers will discover
an important thinker: Burchard de Volder. He was instrumental in
founding the first experimental cabinet at a European University in
1675. The author goes beyond the familiar image of De Volder as a
forerunner of Newtonianism in Continental Europe. He consults
neglected materials, including handwritten sources, and takes into
account new historiographical categories. His investigation maps
the thought of an author who did not sit with an univocal
philosophical school, but critically dealt with all the 'major'
philosophers and scientists of his age: from Descartes to Newton,
via Spinoza, Boyle, Huygens, Bernoulli, and Leibniz. It explores
the way De Volder's un-systematic thought used, rejected, and
re-shaped their theories and approaches. In addition, the title
includes transcriptions of De Volder's teaching materials:
disputations, dictations, and notes. Insightful analysis combined
with a trove of primary source material will help readers gain a
new perspective on a thinker so far mostly ignored by scholars.
They will find a thoughtful figure who engaged with early modern
science and developed a place that fostered experimental
philosophy.
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