Walter Charleton’s Theory of Matter: How Politics and Scientific Societies Influenced his Works

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.athensjournals.gr/ajhis" target="_blank" >https://www.athensjournals.gr/ajhis</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajhis.6-3-4" target="_blank" >10.30958/ajhis.6-3-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Walter Charleton’s Theory of Matter: How Politics and Scientific Societies Influenced his Works

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper investigates how the politics and the scientific societies influenced Walter Charleton’s matter theory. Initially, the study refers to two different historical theories of analysis of Charleton’s theory of matter, explaining, through the analysis of his most well-known works, why these historical perspectives are both correct. Next, the study undertakes a close reading of Charleton’s life, with the aim of explaining why he divorced himself from the alchemical doctrines in public, while he continued to use the alchemical terms. Investigating his life, the study shows how he was influenced by the politics, religion and scientific communities of his era. As Charleton, a Royalist, lived in the period of the Interregnum and Restoration and his major goals were to acquire a position and funds from the College of Physicians and Royal Society. Finally, the study provides a different historical view about Charleton’s eclecticism, which is used to his theory, in order to be part of the “elite” of scholars in England. This study concludes that Charleton’s matter theory can be considered hybrid of vitalistic and mechanistic philosophy and is an example of how the scientific theories, in the late seventeenthcentury, began to differentiate from the old ones.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Walter Charleton’s Theory of Matter: How Politics and Scientific Societies Influenced his Works

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper investigates how the politics and the scientific societies influenced Walter Charleton’s matter theory. Initially, the study refers to two different historical theories of analysis of Charleton’s theory of matter, explaining, through the analysis of his most well-known works, why these historical perspectives are both correct. Next, the study undertakes a close reading of Charleton’s life, with the aim of explaining why he divorced himself from the alchemical doctrines in public, while he continued to use the alchemical terms. Investigating his life, the study shows how he was influenced by the politics, religion and scientific communities of his era. As Charleton, a Royalist, lived in the period of the Interregnum and Restoration and his major goals were to acquire a position and funds from the College of Physicians and Royal Society. Finally, the study provides a different historical view about Charleton’s eclecticism, which is used to his theory, in order to be part of the “elite” of scholars in England. This study concludes that Charleton’s matter theory can be considered hybrid of vitalistic and mechanistic philosophy and is an example of how the scientific theories, in the late seventeenthcentury, began to differentiate from the old ones.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Athens Journal of History

ISSN

2407-9677

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GR - Řecká republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

287-297

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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