Philosophies of technology : Francis Bacon and his contemporaries / edited by Claus Zittel ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zittel, Claus.

Series:

Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 11.

Intersections, 1568-1181 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Bacon, Francis.

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Technology--History--17th century.

Science--History--17th century.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in the present volume attempt to historically reconstruct the various dependencies of philosophical and scientific knowledge of the material and technical culture of the early modern era and to draw systematic conclusions for the writing of early modern history of science. The divisive transformation of humanist scholarly culture, the Scholastic school philosophy, as well as magic in the form of a philosophy of practice is always associated with the work of Francis Bacon. All of these essays in this volume reflect the close interaction between technical models and knowledge production in natural philosophy, natural history and epistemology. It becomes clear that the technological developments of the early modern era cannot be adequately depicted in the form of a pure history of technology but rather only as part of a broader, cultural history of the sciences. Contributors include: Todd Andrew Borlik, Arianna Borrelli, Thomas Brandstetter, Daniel Damler, Luisa Dolza, Moritz Epple, Berthold Heinecke, Dana Jalobeanu, Jürgen Klein, Staffan Müller-Wille, Romano Nanni, Jarmo Pulkkinen, Pablo Schneider, Andrés Vaccari, Benjamin Wardhaugh, Sophie Weeks, and Claus Zittel.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / C. Zittel , R. Nanni , G. Engel and N. Karafyllis

“Industrious Observations, Grounded Conclusions, And Profitable Inventions And Discoveries; The Best State Of That Province”: Technology And Culture During Francis Bacon ’s Stay In France / Luisa Dolza

Francis Bacon’s Scientia Operativa, The Tradition Of The Workshops, And The Secrets Of Nature / Jürgen Klein

Technical Knowledge And The Advancement Of Learning: Some Questions About ‘Perfectibility’ And ‘Invention’ / Romano Nanni

The Weatherglass And Its Observers In The Early Seventeenth Century / Arianna Borrelli

The Role Of Mechanics In Francis Bacon’s Great Instauration / Sophie Weeks

Bacon’s Brotherhood And Its Classical Sources: Producing And Communicating Knowledge In The Project Of The Great Instauration / Dana Jalobeanu

The Whale Under The Microscope: Technology And Objectivity In Two Renaissance Utopias / Todd Andrew Borlik

Preliminary Materials / C. Zittel , R. Nanni , G. Engel and N. Karafyllis

The Role Of Metaphors In William Harvey’s Thought / Jarmo Pulkkinen

Legitimating The Machine: The Epistemological Foundation Of Technological Metaphor In The Natural Philosophy Of René Descartes / Andrés Vaccari

Descartes As Bricoleur / Claus Zittel

The Poet And The Philosopher: Francis Bacon And Georg Philipp Harsdörffer / Berthold Heinecke

Formal Causes And Mechanical Causes: The Analogy Of The Musical Instrument In Late Seventeenth-Century Natural Philosophy / Benjamin Wardhaugh

The Modern Wonder And Its Enemies: Courtly Innovations In The Spanish Renaissance / Daniel Damler

The Gap Between Theory And Practice: Hydrodynamical And Hydraulical Utopias In The 18th Century / Moritz Epple

Sentimental Hydraulics: Utopia And Technology In 18th-Century France / Thomas Brandstetter

History Redoubled: The Synthesis Of Facts In Linnaean Natural History / Staffan Müller-Wille

Rescue Attempts: Scientific Images And The Mysteries Of Power In The Era Of Louis XIV / Pablo Schneider

Index Nominum / C. Zittel , R. Nanni , G. Engel and N. Karafyllis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60274-8

9786612602740

90-474-4231-8

OCLC:

607365479

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004170506.i-582 DOI