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This book presents a groundbreaking study of the Italian philosopher and scientist, Blasius of Parma (1350-1416). For the first time in English, it presents key elements of his commentary on Aristotle's Physics both through interpretive analysis and edited texts.
The main interpretive claim is that Blasius is an early mechanical philosopher. It shows this by studying six carefully selected aspects of his physics. These six aspects are Blasius' (1) use of mechanics (science of weights), (2) analysis of causality, (3) account of motion, (4) analysis of rarefaction and condensation, (5) view of artifacts, and (6) the use of a new analytical language in physics.
Authors of the interpretive essays are Erik Åkerlund, Joël Biard, Henrik Lagerlund, and Sylvain Roudaut.
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Interpretive Essays
1 Scales and Weights: Introducing Mechanics in Natural Philosophy
Sylvain Roudaut
2 Causality and Causal Powers in Blasius of Parma's Physics
Joël Biard
3 Blasius of Parma on Motion in the Sublunary World
Henrik Lagerlund, Sylvain Roudaut and Erik Åkerlund
4 Condensation and Rarefaction in Blasius' Physics
Erik Åkerlund
5 Blasius of Parma's Account of Artifacts in the Physics
Henrik Lagerlund
6 The Role and Scope of Analytical Languages in Blasius' Natural Philosophy
Sylvain Roudaut
Edition: Blasius Pelacanus de Parma Quaestiones super VIII libros Physicorum
Description of the Manuscripts
Robert Andrews
1 Liber II q. 1: Utrum domificator in faciendo domum faciat aliquid rebus naturalibus condistinctum
2 Liber II q. 2: Utrum quodlibet res naturalis habeat in se principium motus et quietis
3 Liber II q. 7 Utrum ad cuiuscumque rei naturalis generationem praeter particulare agens requiratur influxus causae universalis, quae causa universalis dicitur sol
4 Liber II q. 8 Utrum inter agentia particularia, supposita semper generali influentia superiorum, possit qualitas una vel plures formam substantialem producere
5 Liber IV q. 2 Utrum entia naturalia distantia ab eorum locis naturalibus moveantur ad illa impedimentis subtractis
6 Liber IV q. 3 Utrum corpora naturalia appetant moveri ad eorum loca naturalia per lineas breviores
7 Liber IV q. 7 Utrum rarefactio sit possibilis
8 Liber V, q. 1 Utrum agens naturale, hora qua agit in passum, agat in ipsum secundum se totum et quamlibet eius partem
Bibliography
Index