{"product_id":"9783032163073","title":"The Sense of Touch Medieval and Modern Debates in Philosophy and Science","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Sense of Touch\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMedieval and Modern Debates in Philosophy and Science\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChiara Beneduce | Mattia Mantovani | Denise Vincenti\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first comprehensive study of medieval and modern debates on the nature of touch – its objects, limits, and operations – from the mid thirteenth century to the early twentieth century. Spanning the period from the rise of Aristotelian university curricula to the flourishing of experimental psychology, it demonstrates how touch recurrently emerged as a central concern in philosophical and scientific inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, scholarly interest in the history of sense perception, perceptual theories, and the physiology of the sensory organs has grown significantly. This volume advances these fields by bringing to the fore a foundational question that has engaged philosophers, teachers, practitioners, and physicians for centuries, yet has not received sustained and focused analysis at the intersection of the history of philosophy and the sciences: what is touch?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe nine chapters of this collection, authored by leading specialists, illuminate the core debates surrounding touch and emphasize their broader intellectual significance. With a chronological scope spanning more than six centuries, the book will appeal to a wide community of scholars in philosophy and the sciences, as well as to advanced students and researchers, responding to the growing interest in the study of sense perception in general and touch in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChiara Beneduce, Ph.D. (2017), is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven. Her research focuses on late medieval philosophy and science, with particular attention to the interplay between natural philosophy and medicine. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eLa scienza del tatto. Un percorso tra filosofia naturale e medicina \u003c\/em\u003e(Editrice Bibliografica, 2024) and has published widely on medieval theories of the body, the senses, and generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMattia Mantovani, Ph.D. (2018), is an FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven. His work focuses on late medieval and early modern philosophy and science, with a special focus on animal perception and on Descartes. He has edited several volumes and special issues, including \u003cem\u003eCartesian Imagery: Picturing Philosophy in the Early Modern Age\u003c\/em\u003e (Brill, 2026) and \u003cem\u003eAristotle’s \u003c\/em\u003eDe sensu\u003cem\u003e in the Latin Tradition, 1250–1650\u003c\/em\u003e (Micrologus, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDenise Vincenti, Ph.D. (2016), is a tenure-track assistant professor (Rtd-B) in History of Philosophy at the University of Perugia (Department of Philosophy, Social and Human Sciences, and Education). Her research mainly focuses on the interplays between philosophy and psychology in the late 19th-early 20th centuries, with a specific interest on topics such as habit, emotion, unconscious, madness, hallucination, hypnotism, coenesthesia and kinaesthesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032163073\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e243\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45227986026636,"sku":"9783032163073","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032163073.jpg?v=1780593350","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032163073","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}