cam a22 4500 551364157 CHVBK 20200915041810.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 110124s2011 nju sb 001 0deng d 2010053174 978-0-691-14178-7 (hardback : alk. paper) (SERSOL)ssj0000468517 (WaSeSS)ssj0000468517 DLC DLC DLC WaSeSS Q143.L472 S65 2011 570.1 22 PHI016000 SCI075000 SCI034000 bisacsh Smith Justin E. H. Divine machines [Elektronische Daten] Leibniz and the sciences of life Justin E. H. Smith Princeton Princeton University Press c2011 1 online resource (xii, 380 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-373) and index. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. "Though it did not yet exist as a discrete field of scientific inquiry, biology was at the heart of many of the most important debates in seventeenth-century philosophy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the work of G. W. Leibniz. In Divine Machines, Justin Smith offers the first in-depth examination of Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the empirical life sciences of his day, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. He shows how these wide-ranging pursuits were not only central to Leibniz's philosophical interests, but often provided the insights that led to some of his best-known philosophical doctrines.Presenting the clearest picture yet of the scope of Leibniz's theoretical interest in the life sciences, Divine Machines takes seriously the philosopher's own repeated claims that the world must be understood in fundamentally biological terms. Here Smith reveals a thinker who was immersed in the sciences of life, and looked to the living world for answers to vexing metaphysical problems. He casts Leibniz's philosophy in an entirely new light, demonstrating how it radically departed from the prevailing models of mechanical philosophy and had an enduring influence on the history and development of the life sciences. Along the way, Smith provides a fascinating glimpse into early modern debates about the nature and origins of organic life, and into how philosophers such as Leibniz engaged with the scientific dilemmas of their era"-- "his book provides a comprehensive survey of G. W. Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the sciences of life, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. It is shown that these sundry interests were not only relevant to his core philosophical interests, but indeed often provided the insights that in part led to some of his most familiar philosophical doctrines, including the theory of corporeal substance and the theory of organic preformation"-- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von 1646-1716 Knowledge Science Life sciences Philosophy History 17th century Science Philosophy History 17th century PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern bisacsh SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects bisacsh SCIENCE / History bisacsh https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400838721 Uni Basel: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400838721 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Smith Justin E. H. IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400838721 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400838721 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 280601557