History and Wonder is a refreshing new take on the idea of history that tracks the
entanglement of history and philosophy over time through the key idea of wonder. From …

Unlike Descartes, Francis Bacon never wanted to cast aside traditional philosophy in order
to mark new beginnings for the intellectual enterprise. He was as much a historian as an …

One of the most important developments in early modern natural philosophy was the
emergence of the new experimental philosophy in England in the late 1650s. By the 1660s …

In letter 37 to Johannes Bouwmeester, Spinoza identifies a historiola mentis à la Bacon as
an important tool for distinguishing more easily between adequate and inadequate ideas …

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 …

Spinoza on History, Christ, and Lights Untamable Page 1 1 Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte
Jo Van Cauter Spinoza on History, Christ, and Lights Untamable Proefschrift voorgelegd tot het …

Over time, various thematic classifications have been put forward to organize science into a
coherent system of specialized areas of research. From an analysis of the historical …

This paper resolves some puzzles regarding Spinoza's appropriations and rejections of
various aspects of Bacon's methodology, and uses these solutions to resolve some long …

Contentions about the origin of early modern empiricism have been floating about at least
since the 1980s, where its exclusive “Britishness” was initially question, and the name of …

Bacon's influence on Spinoza's thought is controversial, since this latter seems to
underestimate the role of experience in achieving true knowledge. In this paper, I will …