Whither Natural Magic? Science, Witchcraft, and the Decline of Magic in Henry More

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/724810" target="_blank" >10.1086/724810</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Whither Natural Magic? Science, Witchcraft, and the Decline of Magic in Henry More

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

For Henry More, witchcraft served as an empirical confirmation of the existence of immaterial substances. Yet while he takes great care to make his reports as trustworthy as possible and argues against the claim that the effects of witchcraft are only the illusions of people suffering from melancholy, he almost completely ignores the possibility that such effects may be caused by natural magic. In More&apos;s natural philosophical writings, discussions of magic are very much downplayed, as well. This may seem surprising, as a crucial component of More&apos;s metaphysical system is his doctrine of the Spirit of Nature, a sort of world-soul whose action is nonmechanical, vital, and magical. The essay argues that this deeply ambivalent approach to natural magic is due to the fact that More uses traditional magical notions to supplement the shortcomings of mechanicism and at the same time tries to divorce these notions from the potentially problematic background from which they originated. In the end, the essay suggests, More&apos;s ambivalence toward magic is only one manifestation of a much deeper problem wherein he adopts an immanentist position while trying to avoid its more problematic, potentially pantheistic, consequences.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Whither Natural Magic? Science, Witchcraft, and the Decline of Magic in Henry More

Popis výsledku anglicky

For Henry More, witchcraft served as an empirical confirmation of the existence of immaterial substances. Yet while he takes great care to make his reports as trustworthy as possible and argues against the claim that the effects of witchcraft are only the illusions of people suffering from melancholy, he almost completely ignores the possibility that such effects may be caused by natural magic. In More&apos;s natural philosophical writings, discussions of magic are very much downplayed, as well. This may seem surprising, as a crucial component of More&apos;s metaphysical system is his doctrine of the Spirit of Nature, a sort of world-soul whose action is nonmechanical, vital, and magical. The essay argues that this deeply ambivalent approach to natural magic is due to the fact that More uses traditional magical notions to supplement the shortcomings of mechanicism and at the same time tries to divorce these notions from the potentially problematic background from which they originated. In the end, the essay suggests, More&apos;s ambivalence toward magic is only one manifestation of a much deeper problem wherein he adopts an immanentist position while trying to avoid its more problematic, potentially pantheistic, consequences.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-11769S" target="_blank" >GA19-11769S: Renesanční platonismus mezi vědou a náboženstvím</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Isis

ISSN

0021-1753

e-ISSN

1545-6994

Svazek periodika

114

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

299-316

Kód UT WoS článku

001036401000004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162811421