Conveners
S.3.2. Intellectual Lineages and Methodological Innovations in Early Modern Studies
- Karine Durin (University of Nantes)
- Thijs Ossenkoppele (University of Amsterdam)
- Gerhard Wiesenfeldt (University of Melbourne)
Description
Chair: Feray Çoşkun
While the role of family networks at early modern universities has often been studied, the transmission of knowledge within these networks tends to receive less attention. This talk will present an attempt of a typology of family universities using the examples of Tübingen and Jena from the late 16th to the 18th centuries. Tübingen was characterised by the emergence of professorial dynasties...
Antonio Gómez Pereira (1500-1558) was a philosopher and physician who played a significant role in the intellectual renaissance in Spain during the second half of the 16th century. His major opus, Antoniana Margarita (Medina del Campo, 1554) ensured his European reputation beyond the 16th century to the point of being considered a precedent for the Cartesian theory of the animal machine. The...
Histories of science frequently suggest that the advent of British experimentalism marked a fundamental shift away from the traditional axiomatic ideal of science (Shapin & Schaffer 1985; Dear 1995; Pasnau 2019). While partially accurate, such narratives remain incomplete due to their reliance on a limited evidence base and their emphasis on discontinuity over potential continuity.
This...
