Animism and natural teleology from Avicenna to Boyle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff Kochan (0000-0002-3217-6313, University of Konstanz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889722000035 |
| PMID | 36050808 |
| OpenAlex | W4294145251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 45 |
ArgumentHistorians have claimed that the two closely related concepts of animism and natural teleology were both decisively rejected in the Scientific Revolution. They tout Robert Boyle as an early modern warden against pre-modern animism. Discussing Avicenna, Aquinas, and Buridan, as well as Renaissance psychology, I instead suggest that teleology went through a slow and uneven process of rationalization. As Neoplatonic theology gained influence over Aristotelian natural philosophy, the meaning of animism likewise grew obscure. Boyle, as some historians have shown, exemplifies this uneven process. There is an unresolved tension between his religious convictions and the implicit animism of his empirical practice
Animism · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Immortality · Meaning (existential · Natural (archaeology · Natural Philosophy · Teleological argument · Teleology · The Renaissance · Theology · Chemistry · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
The Philosophical Works of Descartes
The Scientific Revolution
Forming The Mind
Aristotle on natural teleology
Two conceptions of soul in Aristotle
Buridan and Skepticism
Representation and Objects of Thought in Medieval Philosophy
Notes on Avicenna's Concept of Thingness ( šay'iyya )
Discipline and Experience
Alexander of Aphrodisias and his Doctrine of the Soul 1400 Years of Lasting Significance
Boyle on seminal principles
Contrastive Explanation and the ‘Strong Programme’ in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
What Is the Science of the Soul? A Case Study in the Evolution of Late Medieval Natural Philosophy
Intermediate causes and explanations
Boyle’s teleological mechanism and the myth of immanent teleology
Galileo and the Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century
The Body of the Artisan
Christian Materiality
Whose Ends? Teleology in Early Modern Natural Philosophy
Occult Qualities and the Experimental Philosophy
Newton as Final Cause and First Mover
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |