Christian Henkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5236339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Henkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Henkel |
| SIGNATURE | HENKEL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8981-3715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Johann Christoph Sturm’s opposition to Cartesianism
Reply to Matteo Favaretti’s Camposampiero Critical Notice “Causal Powers in the German Ramifications of Occasionalism”
Physical influx theory
In this paper, I analyse Émilie Du Châtelet’s (1706–49) account of causation which, in turn, is crucial for understanding her philosophical main work, the Institutions de physique (1740/1742). So far, the topic of causation in Du Châtelet’s thought has received but little attention despite its importance. I will show that Du Châtelet’s account of physical causation is that of physical influx much in line with the position taken by some of the mos…
Johann Christoph Sturm’s eclectic scientific method and his indebtedness to Francis Bacon
In this paper, I argue that Johann Christoph Sturm’s eclectic scientific method reveals an unexpected indebtedness to Francis Bacon’s thought. Sturm’s reception of Bacon is particularly surprising given that the German academic context in the second half of the seventeenth century was still largely Aristotelian. Sturm is indebted to Bacon in the following respects: (1) the critique of the current state of knowledge, (2) eclecticism, (3) a fluid t…
Political Theory among Cartesians
The young Leibniz's tentative acceptance of physical occasionalism
In this article, I revisit Leibniz's early views on physical causation, more specifically, his relation to physical occasionalism focusing on the period from 1668 to 1676. An in‐depth analysis of the Confession of Nature against the Atheists taken together with the Catholic Demonstrations , Leibniz's correspondence with Jakob Thomasius from 1668/69, and the Pacidius Philalethi (1676) serve as evidence that his position leads to physical occasiona…
The last of his kind? Gottfried Ploucquet’s occasionalism and the grounding of sense-perception
Sufficiently grounding the origin of sense-perceptions in the mind is an issue that has concerned philosophers for a long time, and remains an issue even today. In eighteenth-century Germany prior to the publication of Kant’s Critical philosophy, the two main competing theories to causally ground sense-perceptions were pre-established harmony and physical influx, the latter of which ultimately carried the day. A third option had been around in th…
Mechanism, Occasionalism and Final Causes in Johann Christoph Sturm’s Physics
This paper argues that mechanism, occasionalism and finality (the acceptance of final causes) can be and were de facto integrated into a coherent system of natural philosophy by Johann Christoph Sturm (1635–1703). Previous scholarship has left the relation between these three elements understudied. According to Sturm, mechanism, occasionalism and finality can count as explanatorily useful elements of natural philosophy, and they might go some way…
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Mechanism, Occasionalism and Final Causes in Johann Christoph Sturm’s Physics
This paper argues that mechanism, occasionalism and finality (the acceptance of final causes) can be and were de facto integrated into a coherent system of natural philosophy by Johann Christoph Sturm (1635–1703). Previous scholarship has left the relation between these three elements understudied. According to Sturm, mechanism, occasionalism and finality can count as explanatorily useful elements of natural philosophy, and they might go some way…
The last of his kind? Gottfried Ploucquet’s occasionalism and the grounding of sense-perception
Sufficiently grounding the origin of sense-perceptions in the mind is an issue that has concerned philosophers for a long time, and remains an issue even today. In eighteenth-century Germany prior to the publication of Kant’s Critical philosophy, the two main competing theories to causally ground sense-perceptions were pre-established harmony and physical influx, the latter of which ultimately carried the day. A third option had been around in th…
The young Leibniz's tentative acceptance of physical occasionalism
In this article, I revisit Leibniz's early views on physical causation, more specifically, his relation to physical occasionalism focusing on the period from 1668 to 1676. An in‐depth analysis of the Confession of Nature against the Atheists taken together with the Catholic Demonstrations , Leibniz's correspondence with Jakob Thomasius from 1668/69, and the Pacidius Philalethi (1676) serve as evidence that his position leads to physical occasiona…
Reply to Matteo Favaretti’s Camposampiero Critical Notice “Causal Powers in the German Ramifications of Occasionalism”
Physical influx theory
In this paper, I analyse Émilie Du Châtelet’s (1706–49) account of causation which, in turn, is crucial for understanding her philosophical main work, the Institutions de physique (1740/1742). So far, the topic of causation in Du Châtelet’s thought has received but little attention despite its importance. I will show that Du Châtelet’s account of physical causation is that of physical influx much in line with the position taken by some of the mos…
Johann Christoph Sturm’s eclectic scientific method and his indebtedness to Francis Bacon
In this paper, I argue that Johann Christoph Sturm’s eclectic scientific method reveals an unexpected indebtedness to Francis Bacon’s thought. Sturm’s reception of Bacon is particularly surprising given that the German academic context in the second half of the seventeenth century was still largely Aristotelian. Sturm is indebted to Bacon in the following respects: (1) the critique of the current state of knowledge, (2) eclecticism, (3) a fluid t…
Political Theory among Cartesians
Johann Christoph Sturm’s opposition to Cartesianism
Historical Philosophy and Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · German (2 works) · Historical and Literary Analyses (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works) · Humanities (2 works)