{"product_id":"9783032241009","title":"The Mechanization of Nature between 1300 and 1700","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe New Synthese Historical Library\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Mechanization of Nature between 1300 and 1700\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHenrik Lagerlund | Sylvain Roudaut | Erik Åkerlund\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book offers a collection of essays on the history and background of the mechanization of natural philosophy in the 16th and 17th centuries. It rewrites the history of mechanism and shows that the philosophical ideas present in Descartes and Newton’s era have a history much longer and more complicated than previously thought. It presents new, original research on three aspects of the mechanical tradition, namely causal powers and laws of nature, conceptions of matter, and the concept of cause, especially final causes. Previous research has indicated that the development of mechanical philosophy in the 17th century is much indebted to the late Aristotelian philosophers of the 16th century. This book, however, takes a further step back in history and by studying the three aspects of the mechanical tradition, shows that philosophical reflection on these topics started in the 14th century and continued up to the time of Newton. The new insights gained by the editors and contributors ensures this book is of great interest to scholars in history of philosophy and historians of science interested in mechanization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.8pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003eHenrik Lagerlund\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003e is professor of the history of philosophy at Stockholm University in Sweden, and a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy in Canada. He is series editor of \u003cem\u003eStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e (2002-); editor-in-chief of the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (2010); and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eCausal Powers in Science: Blending Historical and Conceptual Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eSkepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). He leads the project \u003cem\u003eThe Mechanization of Philosophy 1300-1700\u003c\/em\u003e funded by the Swedish Research Council.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.8pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003eSylvain Roudaut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e, Ph.D. (2017), University of Rennes, is Senior Researcher at the CNRS\u003cspan style=\"background-size: auto; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%;\"\u003e (SPHERE, Paris). His research focuses on the interaction between philosophy, science, and mathematics in the Latin and Arabic traditions in the Middle Ages. He published\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eLa mesure de l’être\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-size: auto; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-size: auto; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%;\"\u003e(2021) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eHylomorphism into Pieces: Elements, Atoms, and Corpuscles in Natural Philosophy and Medicine, 1400–1600 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-size: auto; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%;\"\u003e(2024).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 13.8pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErik Åkerlund\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ph.D. (2011), Uppsala University, is Lecturer in Philosophy at The Newman Institute, Uppsala (Sweden). He has a research focus on 15th to 17th century philosophy, especially natural philosophy but also extending to political philosophy. His articles include “Chrysostom Javellus and Francis Silvestri on Final Causation” (2024) and “Models of Finality: Aristotle, Buridan, and Averroes” (2023).\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\u003e9783032241009\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\u003e297\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46607588819084,"sku":"9783032241009","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032241009.jpg?v=1782990068","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032241009","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}