Gassendi the Atomist

Gassendi the Atomist
Author: Lynn Sumida Joy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521522397

An account of Gassendi's life and work, illuminating the influence of humanism on seventeenth-century thought.

Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy

Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy
Author: Antonia LoLordo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2006-10-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139460854

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the philosophical system of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi. Gassendi's importance is widely recognized and is essential for understanding early modern philosophers and scientists such as Locke, Leibniz and Newton. Offering a systematic overview of his contributions, LoLordo situates Gassendi's views within the context of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century natural philosophy as represented by a variety of intellectual traditions, including scholastic Aristotelianism, Renaissance Neo-Platonism, and the emerging mechanical philosophy. LoLordo's work will be essential reading for historians of early modern philosophy and science.

Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy And Science

Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy And Science
Author: Saul Fisher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2005
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004119965

This study of Gassendi's philosophy and science puts forth the view that his atomism follows from his empiricism: as an outgrowth of our best theory of knowledge and sound scientific method, we get evidence that warrents the micorphysical theory.

The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism

The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism
Author: James Warren
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2009-07-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139828169

This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas of its philosophical interest. Chapters span the school's history from the early Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Empire and its later reception in the Early Modern period, introducing the reader to the Epicureans' contributions in physics, metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, ethics and politics. The international team of contributors includes scholars who have produced innovative and original research in various areas of Epicurean thought and they have produced essays which are accessible and of interest to philosophers, classicists, and anyone concerned with the diversity and preoccupations of Epicurean philosophy and the state of academic research in this field. The volume emphasises the interrelation of the different areas of the Epicureans' philosophical interests while also drawing attention to points of interpretative difficulty and controversy.

The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism

The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism
Author: Steven M. Nadler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 843
Release: 2019
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198796900

An illustrious team of scholars offer a rich survey of the thought of Rene Descartes; of the development of his ideas by those who followed in his footsteps; and of the reaction against Cartesianism. Epistemology, method, metaphysics, physics, mathematics, moral philosophy, political thought, medical thought, and aesthetics are all covered.

Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists

Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists
Author: Saul Fisher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047416570

This look at Gassendi’s philosophy and science illuminates his contributions to early modern thought and to the broader history of philosophy of science. Two keys to his thought are his novel picture of acquiring and judging empirical belief, and his liberal account of criteria for counting empirical beliefs as parts of warranted physical theories. By viewing his philosophical and scientific pursuits as part of one and the same project, Gassendi’s arguments on behalf of atomism can be fruitfully explained as licensed by his empiricism.

The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon

The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon
Author: Lawrence Nolan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1642
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1316380939

The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on René Descartes, 'the father of modern philosophy' and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project - 92 contributors from ten countries.

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy
Author: Marco Sgarbi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 3618
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319141694

Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.