CONTENTS/CUPRINS RE-INVENTING UTOPIA: SCIENCE, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE REINVENTAREA UTOPIEI: ŞTIINŢĂ, POLITICĂ ŞI RELIGIE ÎN MODERNITATEA EUROPEANĂ TIMPURIE PART I. NEW ATLANTIS: NEW INTERPRETATIONS PARTEA I. NOUA ATLANTIDĂ: NOI INTERPRETĂRI Guido GIGLIONI The Material Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Utopia Fundamentele materiale ale utopiei baconiene 9 Dana JALOBEANU The Philosophy of Francis […]
Category: Anul VI numarul 4 (23) 2010
Studii de Stiinta si Cultura – Anul VI 2010 – Numarul 4 (23)
THE MATERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FRANCIS BACON’S UTOPIA
THE MATERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FRANCIS BACON’S UTOPIA FUNDAMENTELE MATERIALE ALE UTOPIEI BACONIENE[1] Guido GIGLIONI The Warburg Institute University of London, UK School of Advanced Study guido.giglioni@sas.ac.uk Abstract In the unfinished tract New Atlantis, published posthumously in 1627, Francis Bacon describes an ideal community, called Bensalem, in which the political and religious establishment […]
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRANCIS BACON’S NATURAL HISTORY: A RESEARCH PROGRAM
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRANCIS BACON’S NATURAL HISTORY: A RESEARCH PROGRAM FILOSOFIA ISTORIEI NATURALE BACONIENE: UN PROGRAM DE CERCETARE Dana JALOBEANU Department of Theoretical Philosophy Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest, Romania dana.jalobeanu@celfis.ro Abstract My paper proposes a new contextual interpretation of Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis as an exemplar of natural history. The context in […]
BACON, THE NEW ATLANTIS, AND THE USES OF UTOPIA
Bacon, the New Atlantis, and the Uses of Utopia Bacon, Noua atlantidă şi întrebuinţările utopiei Daniel GARBER Department of Philosophy Princeton University, USA dgarber@princeton.edu Abstract Some puzzling aspects of Bacon’s New Atlantis are explained by arguing that it is a dramatization of Bacon’s methodological tract, the Novum Organum. This is evident for the organization […]
OF STATUES AND VINES: FRANCIS BACON’S NEW ATLANTIS AND THE QUESTION OF PERSUASION
OF STATUES AND VINES: FRANCIS BACON’S NEW ATLANTIS AND THE QUESTION OF PERSUASION DESPRE STATUI ŞI LUJERE DE VIŢĂ: NOUA ATLANTIDĂ ŞI PROBLEMA FORMĂRII CONVINGERILOR Sorana CORNEANU University of Bucharest, Romania soranacorneanu@yahoo.com Abstract: In De augmentis scientiarum (1623), Francis Bacon developed his discussion of “poesy” first broached in the earlier English version of the […]
VIRTUES AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN SOLOMON’S HOUSE
VIRTUES AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN SOLOMON’S HOUSE VIRTUŢI ŞI CERCETARE COMUNĂ ÎN CASA LUI SOLOMON Doina-Cristina RUSU Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest, Romania dc.rusu@yahoo.com Abstract Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis seems to be the place where man regained dominion over nature and at the center of this island we find Solomon’s House, a scientific […]
FRANCIS BACON: THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
FRANCIS BACON: THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY FRANCIS BACON: FUNDAMENTELE TEOLOGICE ALE FILOSOFIEI NATURALE Laura GEORGESCU Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania mailgeorgescu.laura@gmail.com Abstract In this paper I attempt to show that Bacon’s interpretation of the scriptural stories of the Creation and Fall of man provides the conditions of possibility for the knowledge […]
MODELS OF EXEMPLARITY: URANIBORG AND SOLOMON’S HOUSE
MODELS OF EXEMPLARITY: URANIBORG AND SOLOMON’S HOUSE MODELE DE EXEMPLARITATE: URANIBORG ŞI CASA LUI SOLOMON Jacob HALFORD Lancaster University, UK j.j.s.halford@lancaster.ac.uk Abstract In Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis the heart of Bensalem was Solomon’s House. This was the home for a diverse range of instruments and apparatus and hub of intellectual life on the island. This […]
UTOPIAN SCIENCE AND EMPIRE. NOTES ON THE IBERIAN BACKGROUND OF FRANCIS BACON’S PROJECT
UTOPIAN SCIENCE AND EMPIRE. NOTES ON THE IBERIAN BACKGROUND OF FRANCIS BACON’S PROJECT ŞTIINŢĂ UTOPICĂ ŞI IMPERIU: NOTE ASUPRA CONTEXTULUI IBERIC AL PROIECTULUI BACONIAN Silvia MANZO Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina manzosa@yahoo.com.ar Abstract This paper will explore Bacon’s perceptions of the scientific connotations of the Spanish empire and his reception of early modern Iberian […]
THE PROBLEM OF ESOTERICISM IN BACON’S SCIENCE
THE PROBLEM OF ESOTERICISM IN BACON’S SCIENCE PROBLEMA EZOTERISMULUI ÎN ŞTIINŢA BACONIANĂ Grigore VIDA Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest, Romania grigore.vida@gmail.com Abstract Francis Bacon is commonly regarded as someone who shifted arcane knowledge into the public domain (and dispelled the aura of secrecy that surrounded the gestating ‘Baconian sciences’, to use Kuhn’s […]
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS KINGDOME OF MACARIA: A NEW INTERPRETATION
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS KINGDOME OF MACARIA: A NEW INTERPRETATION O DESCRIERE A FAIMOSULUI REGAT AL MACARIEI: O NOUĂ INTERPRETARE[1] Oana MATEI Faculty of Humanistic, Political and Administrative Sciences Western University “Vasile Goldis” of Arad, Romania oanamatei@yahoo.com Abstract This paper attempts to describe and interpret one of the frequently quoted but rarely […]
LE PÈRE MERSENNE – ON THE ROLE OF A MENTOR IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
LE PÈRE MERSENNE – ON THE ROLE OF A MENTOR IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY LE PÈRE MERSENNE – DESPRE ROLUL UNUI MENTOR ÎN SECOLULUI AL XVII-LEA Mădălina GIURGEA Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest, Romania madalinagiurgea@gmail.com Abstract Giving attention to the scientific communities and more precisely to the intellectuals who were ‘patrons’ of such […]
NEW ATLANTIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION’
NEW ATLANTIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION’ NOUA ATLANTIDĂ ŞI ÎNCEPUTUL ‘REVOLUŢIEI ŞTIINŢIFICE’ Francis Bacon, Noua Atlantidă, traducere şi studiu introductiv Dana Jalobeanu, Nemira, Bucureşti, 2007, ISBN (13) 978-973-143-005-8, pp. 169 Cristian BENŢE “Vasile Goldiş” Western University, Arad, Romania cbente13@yahoo.com Citeste articolul
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE FILOSOFIA NATURALĂ ŞI NAŞTEREA ŞTIINŢEI MODERNE Stephen Gaukroger, The Emergence of a Scientific Culture. Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1210-1685, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006, ISBN 0-19-929644-8, pp. ix+563 Mihnea DOBRE Department of theoretical philosophy Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest, Romania mihneadobre@yahoo.com Citeste articolul
THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE: THE RISE OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE: THE RISE OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY GRANIŢELE DINTRE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI RELIGIE: NAŞTEREA FILOSOFIEI NATURALE Peter Harrison, The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007, ISBN 978 0 521 87559 2 and 11729 6, pp. xii+300 Mădălina GIURGEA University of Bucharest, Romania madalinagiurgea@gmail.com Citeste […]
THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE
THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE ORIGINILE ŞI EVOLUŢIA ŞTIINŢEI MODERNE Edward Grant, A History of Natural Philosophy From the Ancient World to the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007, ISBN 978-052-168-957-1, pp. 376 Sandra Dragomir University of Bucharest, Romania szamszy@yahoo.de Citeste articolul