The 'Physica Mosaica' of Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638)

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/472" target="_blank" >http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/472</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46938/tv.2020.472" target="_blank" >10.46938/tv.2020.472</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The 'Physica Mosaica' of Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Some early modern scholars believed that Scripture provided more certain knowledge than all secular au- thorities – even Aristotle – or investigating nature as such. In this paper, I analyse one such attempt to establish the most reliable knowledge of nature: the so-called Mosaic physics proposed by the Reformed encyclo- paedist Johann Heinrich Alsted. Although in his early works on Physica Mosaica Alsted declares that his primary aim is proving the harmony that exists between various traditions of natural philosophy, namely between the Mosaic and the Peripatetic approaches, and despite the fact that his biblical encyclopaedia of 1625 was intended to be based on a literal reading of the Bible, he never truly abandoned the Aristotelian framework of physics. What is more, in his mature encyclopaedia of 1630, he eventually openly preferred Aristotle to other natural- philosophical traditions. I argue, therefore, that Alsted’s bold vision of Mosaic physics remained unfulfi lled and should be assessed as an unsuccessful project of early modern natural philosophy.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The 'Physica Mosaica' of Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638)

Popis výsledku anglicky

Some early modern scholars believed that Scripture provided more certain knowledge than all secular au- thorities – even Aristotle – or investigating nature as such. In this paper, I analyse one such attempt to establish the most reliable knowledge of nature: the so-called Mosaic physics proposed by the Reformed encyclo- paedist Johann Heinrich Alsted. Although in his early works on Physica Mosaica Alsted declares that his primary aim is proving the harmony that exists between various traditions of natural philosophy, namely between the Mosaic and the Peripatetic approaches, and despite the fact that his biblical encyclopaedia of 1625 was intended to be based on a literal reading of the Bible, he never truly abandoned the Aristotelian framework of physics. What is more, in his mature encyclopaedia of 1630, he eventually openly preferred Aristotle to other natural- philosophical traditions. I argue, therefore, that Alsted’s bold vision of Mosaic physics remained unfulfi lled and should be assessed as an unsuccessful project of early modern natural philosophy.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Teorie vědy

ISSN

1210-0250

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

42

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

117-139

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85090860774