Cartesian Physics and Their Receptions: Scientific and Learned Cultures

The volume explores a variety of forms of reception of Cartesian natural philosophy in the early modern period. It addresses questions pertaining to several disciplines, such as philosophy, religion, and science. It offers a broad account of the philosophical change favoured by the spread of Cartesianism in the early modern period, illustrating this diffusion with case studies on cosmology, medicine, theory of causality, experiments, etc.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004761284
• ISBN13: 9789004761285
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Brill