5. 4. 3. 1. Relations between simple natures....................................................................................
214 5. 4. 3. 2. Germination and vivification …

This paper contends that Bacon's inductive method depends crucially on his general
account of matter. I argue that Bacon develops a dynamic form of corpuscularianism …

The purpose of this paper is to offer a preliminary survey of one of the most widely discussed
problems in Bacon's studies: the problem of the interplay between the speculative (ie …

This paper presents a reading of Bacon's Novum Organum and the inductive method he
offers therein. According to this reading, Bacon's induction is the search for forms that are …

This chapter focuses on the appetite for self-preservation and its central role in Francis
Bacon's natural philosophy. In the first part, I introduce Bacon's classification of universal …

This study shows that an important number of late medieval, Renaissance and early modern
authors postulated the same teleological principle in order to argue both for and against the …

In questo elaborato si analizza la relazione, complessa e controversa dal punto di vista
storiografico, tra Francis Bacon e l'atomismo. Le problematicità di questo rapporto sono …

Pour Bacon, parvenir à raisonner sur les choses requiert de questionner la capacité des
concepts et des mots qui les signifient à désigner correctement ce qui est, capacité …

In the Novum Organum, Bacon's repeated claims that reasoning has to be close to “the
things themselves” are grounded on a dissmissal of Aristotle's theory of meaning and …

In this chapter I focus on De Volder's treatment of hydrostatics, ie the core of his teaching
activities at Leiden experimental theatre. The chapter is devoted to discussion of De Volder's …