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Nature on the rack: Leibniz's attitude towards judicial torture and the “torture” of nature (1997)

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Description On Leibniz's use of “putting nature on the rack” as a metaphor for scientific experimentation.


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Authors & Contributors
Rutherford, Donald P.
Anapolitanos, Dionysios A.
Bolton, Martha Brandt
Courtine, Jean-François
Fenton, Norman E.
Hecht, Hartmut
Journals
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review
Environmental Ethics
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of the History of Ideas
Nature and System
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Brill
Klett-Cotta
Kluwer
Kluwer Academic
Paon Press
Concepts
Science
Matter theory
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Biodegradation; decomposition (biology); decay
People
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Descartes, René
Clarke, Samuel
Conway, Anne
Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp
Locke, John
Time Periods
17th century
Places
British Isles
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