Mattia Mantovani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4356281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mattia Mantovani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mattia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mantovani |
| SIGNATURE | MANTOVANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9404-4730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Descartes in the Classroom
The volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes’s philosophy in the early modern age. Its twenty chapters explore the clash between Descartes’s “new” philosophy and the established pedagogical practices and institutional concerns, as well as the various strategies employed by Descartes’s supporters in order to communicate his ideas to their students. The volume considers a vast array of topics, sources, and institutions…
Il De luce di Bartolomeo da Bologna. Studio e edizione, by Francesca Galli
status: Published
Kepler, rénovateur de l’optique, written by Gérard Simon
status: Published
The First of All Natural Sciences
This article is devoted to Roger Bacon’s understanding of perspectiva as “the first of all natural sciences.” After considering a few alternative medieval definitions and classifications of this discipline – such as al-Fārābī’s, Grosseteste’s and Kilwardby’s – the author turns to Bacon’s arguments for according to perspectiva so exceptional a role. He shows that Bacon’s arguments are grounded in his peculiar understanding of the visual process: a…
Chemins du cartésianisme, edited by Antonella Del Prete and Raffaele Carbone, 2017
Descartes’ Man Under Construction
This paper studies the “human circulatory statues” which Salomon Reisel designed in the 1670s in order to demonstrate the circulation of the blood and its effect on the brain. It investigates how Reisel intended this project to promote Descartes’ philosophy, and how it relates to contemporary diagrammatic schematizations of the blood circulation system. It further explores Reisel’s claims concerning the epistemological and practical advantages of…
Herbert of Cherbury, Descartes and Locke on Innate Ideas and Universal Consent
The present paper investigates the seventeenth-century debate on whether the agreement of all human beings upon certain notions—designated as the “common” ones—prove these notions to be innate. It does so by focusing on Descartes’ and Locke’s rejections of the philosophy of Herbert of Cherbury, one of the most important early modern proponents of this view. The paper opens by considering the strategy used in Herbert’s arguments, as well as the di…
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Herbert of Cherbury, Descartes and Locke on Innate Ideas and Universal Consent
The present paper investigates the seventeenth-century debate on whether the agreement of all human beings upon certain notions—designated as the “common” ones—prove these notions to be innate. It does so by focusing on Descartes’ and Locke’s rejections of the philosophy of Herbert of Cherbury, one of the most important early modern proponents of this view. The paper opens by considering the strategy used in Herbert’s arguments, as well as the di…
Chemins du cartésianisme, edited by Antonella Del Prete and Raffaele Carbone, 2017
Descartes’ Man Under Construction
This paper studies the “human circulatory statues” which Salomon Reisel designed in the 1670s in order to demonstrate the circulation of the blood and its effect on the brain. It investigates how Reisel intended this project to promote Descartes’ philosophy, and how it relates to contemporary diagrammatic schematizations of the blood circulation system. It further explores Reisel’s claims concerning the epistemological and practical advantages of…
Kepler, rénovateur de l’optique, written by Gérard Simon
status: Published
The First of All Natural Sciences
This article is devoted to Roger Bacon’s understanding of perspectiva as “the first of all natural sciences.” After considering a few alternative medieval definitions and classifications of this discipline – such as al-Fārābī’s, Grosseteste’s and Kilwardby’s – the author turns to Bacon’s arguments for according to perspectiva so exceptional a role. He shows that Bacon’s arguments are grounded in his peculiar understanding of the visual process: a…
Il De luce di Bartolomeo da Bologna. Studio e edizione, by Francesca Galli
status: Published
Descartes in the Classroom
The volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes’s philosophy in the early modern age. Its twenty chapters explore the clash between Descartes’s “new” philosophy and the established pedagogical practices and institutional concerns, as well as the various strategies employed by Descartes’s supporters in order to communicate his ideas to their students. The volume considers a vast array of topics, sources, and institutions…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (4 works) · History of Science and Medicine (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · History of Medicine Studies (2 works)