Article ID: CBB000953650

Drebbel's Living Instruments, Hartmann's Microcosm, and Libavius's Thelesmos: Epistemic Machines before Descartes (2010)

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Description Focus is on the alchemist Cornelis van Drebbel's natural philosophy, which was machine-based but not mechanistic.


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Authors & Contributors
Baldassarri, Fabrizio
Guidi, Simone
Riskin, Jessica
Wilkins, Emma
Wheeler, Michael
Walmsley, Jonathan
Journals
Azimuth
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Foundations of Chemistry
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Publishers
Springer
Oxford University Press
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Blackwell Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Philosophy
Natural philosophy
Vitalism
Cartesianism
Animals
People
Descartes, René
Hobbes, Thomas
Boyle, Robert
Locke, John
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Places
France
Europe
England
Netherlands
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