Biomedical ontology and the metaphysics of composite substances 1540-1670

236 Pages·2010·12.229 MB·English

by  Blank, Andreas

Andreas Blank
Biomedical Ontology
and the Metaphysics of Composite Substarrces
1540-1670
Analytica
Investigations
in Logic, Ontology and the Philosophy ofLanguage
Editors
Ignacio Angelelli -Austin (Texas/ USA)
Joseph M. Bachenski t
Christian Thiel (Erlangen I D)
Editor-in-Chief:
Hans Burkhardt ( Murrich I D)
Andreas Blank
Biomedical Ontology
and the Metaphysics of Composite
Substances
1540-1670
Philosophia
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© TNPARTICULAR
© 2008 by Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) for Juuus CAESAR
SCALIGER ON CORPUSCLES, THE VACUUM, AND COMPOSITE SUBSTANCES
© 20 I 0 by Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden for ]ULIUS CAESAR SCALIGER ON
PLANT GENERATION AND THE QUESTION OF SPECIES CONSTANCY
© 2010 by Georg Olms Verlag AG Hildesheim for ]EAN FERNEL ON SIMPLE
FORMS, COMPOSITE SUBSTANCES, AND DIVINE lMMANENCE
© 2010 by Taylor & Francis for MATERIAL SOULSAND IMAGINATION IN LATE
ARISTOTELIAN EMBRYOLOGY
© 2007 by Cambridge University Press for COMPOSITE SUBSTANCES,
COMMON NOTIONS, AND KENELM DIGBY'S THEORY OF ANIMAL GENERATION
© 2006 by Cambridge University Press for ATOMS, MINDS, AND WALTER
CHARLETON'S THEORY OF AN I MAL GENERATION
© 2010 by Massachusetts Institute ofTechnoloy (MIT) for DANIEL SENNERT
ON POISONS, EPILEPSY, AND SUBORDINATE FORMS
© 2010 by Springer Science & Business Media B.V. Dordrecht for SENNERT
AND LEIBNIZ ON ANIMAT E ATOMS
For Kathrin

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Contents
Acknowledgements 11
Note an Citations and Translations 13
Abbreviations 15
Introduction 17
Chapter 1
Julius Caesar Scaliger on Corpuseies, the Vacuum, and Composite
Substarrces 27
1.1. Introduction 27
1.2. Fracastoro on Corpuseiesand the Vacuum 29
1.3. Scaliger on Corpuseiesand the Vacuum 35
1.4. Corpuseies and Mixture 41
1.5. Coneiusion 45
Chapter 2
Julius Caesar Scaliger on Plant Generation and the Question of Spe
cies Constancy 53
2.1. Introduction 53
2.2. Concepts ofBiological Mutability 55
2.3. Composite Unities and Subordinate Forms 57
2.4. SubordinateFormsand Species Flexibility 59
2.5. SubordinateFormsand Singular Species Mutability 64
2.6. Coneiusion 69
Chapter 3
Jean Femel on Simple Forms, Composite Substances, and Divine
Immanence 73
3 .1. Introduction 73
3.2. Varieties ofDivine Immanence 74
3.3. SimpleFormsand Celestial Causation 76
3.4. SimpleFormsand Divine Immanence 80
3.5. Coneiusion 83
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Chapter 4
Material Souls and Imagination in Late Aristotelian
Embryology 89
4.1. Introduction 89
4.2. Liceti on Material Souls and the Union of Soul
and Body 91
4.3. Liceti on Material Soulsand Animal Seeds 96
4.4. Liceti on Material Souls and Imagination 99
4.5. Parisano's Criticism 104
4.6. Conclusion 108
Chapter 5
Composite Substances, Common Nations, and Kenelm Digby's
Theory of Animal Generation 115
5 .1. Introduction 115
5.2. Rarity, Density, and Animal Generation 118
5.3. Animal Generation and Minimal Parts 121
5.4. Mixture and Organic Unities 124
5.5. Animal Generation and the Epistemology ofCommon
Notions 130
5.6. Conclusion 136
Chapter 6
Atoms, Minds, and Walter Charleton's Theory of Animal Genera
tion 143
6.1. Introduction 143
6.2. The Metaphysics ofGeneration and Corruption 146
6.3. Vital Heat, Vital Spirits, and Animal Generation 150
6.4. Emergent Properties and the Problem of the Origin of
Minds 156
6.5. Conclusion 162
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Chapter 7
Daniel Sennerton Poisons, Epilepsy, and Subordinate Forms 167
7 .1. Introduction 167
7.2. Poisons, Epilepsy, and Diseases ofthe Whole
Substance 169
7.3. Poisons, Epilepsy, and Chemical Causation 172
7.4. Poisons, Epilepsy, and Species Mutability 177
7.5. Conclusion 182
Chapter 8
Sennert and Leibniz on Animate Atoms 189
8.1. Introduction 189
8.2. Animate Atomsand the Question ofPalingenesis 191
8.3. Sennerton Animate Atomsand Emanative
Causation 196
8.4. Leibniz on Animate Atomsand Emanative
Causation 200
8.5. Concluding Remarks 203
References 211
Index 229