Pierre Gassendi: Humanism, Science, and the Birth of Modern Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781138697454 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 344 str.

Delphine Bellis; Daniel Garber; Carla Rita Palmerino

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Pierre Gassendi was a major figure in seventeenth-century philosophy whose philosophical and scientific works contributed to shaping Western intellectual identity. This collection of essays constitutes the first book on Gassendi in the English language that covers his biography, bibliography, and all aspects of his work.

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Part 1: Gassendi’s Epicurean Project, its Genesis and its Sources  1.  The Life and Work of Pierre Gassendi Sylvie Taussig  2. Gassendi’s Exercitationes Paradoxicae adversus Aristoteleos: An Intellectual Biography Daniel Garber  3. Gassendi’s Interplay between Skepticism and Empiricism Gianni Paganini  4. Gassendi and Epicureanism Saul Fisher  5. Tranquility as the Highest Good: Gassendi Between Epicurus and Cicero Donald Rutherford  Part 2: Gassendi the Polemist  6. Gassendi in the Philosophical Debate: Stakes of the Essay concerning the principles of Robert Fludd’s Philosophy (1630) Édouard Mehl  7. Gassendi’s Critique of Descartes Antonia LoLordo  Part 3: Gassendi’s Science and Philosophy in Context  8. Gassendi’s Logic Rodolfo Garau  9. Gassendi’s Theory of Space and Time Delphine Bellis  10. Pierre Gassendi and the New Science of Motion Carla Rita Palmerino  11. Astronomy, Cosmology, and the Limit of Empiricism in Gassendi’s Thought Kuni Sakamoto  12. Gassendi’s Theory of Living Beings François Duchesneau  13. “The best philosopher in France”: The Reception of Gassendi’s Natural Philosophy in England Antonio Clericuzio