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The unpredictability or apparent irregularity of natural phenomena prompted critical reflection upon the limit of human ability to find comprehensive causal explanations, or, to reach a full understanding of the necessary causal concatenation determining each and every natural phenomenon.

This volume is devoted to the natural philosopher Bernardino Telesio (1509-1588) and his place in the scientific debates of the Renaissance. Telesio’s thought is emblematic of Renaissance culture in its aspiration towards universality; the volume deals with the roots and reception of his vistas from an interdisciplinary perspective ranging from the history of philosophy to that of physics, astronomy, meteorology, medicine, and psychology. The editor, Pietro Daniel Omodeo and leading specialists of intellectual history introduce Telesio’s conceptions to English-speaking historians of...