Article ID: CBB142189561

Sixteenth-Century Pharmacology and the Controversy between Reductionism and Emergentism (2018)

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Although in the sixteenth century some pharmacological powers were widely ascribed to celestial influences, alternative views of the nature of such powers began to be developed: Reductionism, according to which all pharmacological powers could be understood as combinations of the powers of elementary qualities, and emergentism, according to which some pharmacological powers are irreducible to combinations of the powers of elementary but arise out of their combination and interaction. The former view can be traced in the work of Francisco Valles (1524–1592) and Thomas Erastus (1524–1583), the latter view in the work of Girolamo Mercuriale (1530–1606) and Jacob Schegk (1511–1587).

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Authors & Contributors
Hirai, Hiro
Martin, Craig
Natalie Schmitz
Klerk, Saskia
Winterbottom, Anna
Wahrig, Bettina
Concepts
Pharmacology
Medicine
Soul (philosophy)
Natural philosophy
Embryology
Theology
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
Early modern
18th century
15th century
Places
Europe
Leiden (Netherlands)
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Germany
Institutions
Universiteit Leiden
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