Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction The Disciplinary Revolutions of Early Modern Philosophy and Science
- Part I The Disciplines
- 1 The Uses of Ancient Philosophy
- 2 Novatores
- 3 Renaissance Aristotelianism(s)
- 4 What To Do With the Mechanical Philosophy?
- 5 The Later Sects: Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians
- 6 Confessionalization and Natural Philosophy
- 7 The Rise of a Public Science? Women and Natural Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
- Part II Disciplinary Activities
- Part III Problems and Controversies
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Novatores
from Part I - The Disciplines
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2022
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction The Disciplinary Revolutions of Early Modern Philosophy and Science
- Part I The Disciplines
- 1 The Uses of Ancient Philosophy
- 2 Novatores
- 3 Renaissance Aristotelianism(s)
- 4 What To Do With the Mechanical Philosophy?
- 5 The Later Sects: Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians
- 6 Confessionalization and Natural Philosophy
- 7 The Rise of a Public Science? Women and Natural Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
- Part II Disciplinary Activities
- Part III Problems and Controversies
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Characteristic of the early modern period was the idea of a new start for philosophy and the sciences. In the period, those who advocated for such a program were collectively called the novatores or “innovators.” This chapter traces the emergence and the complex posterity of this term. Though now considered positive, it was much contested in the period, and the novatores were involved in numerous polemical disputes. Tracing the origins, history, and use of the term gives us precious insights into the dynamics of the great transformation of philosophy usually designated by another polemical label—the Scientific Revolution.
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