2. Erasmian Science

This special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas takes its origin from a call for paper on the theme: “Erasmian Science: The Influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam on Early-Modern Science”. Is there any disciplinary field or scholarly context of the past that can be conveniently in...

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Main Authors: Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Enrico Pasini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/842
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spelling doaj-b98b3f2e64b6406798742e4a1c38c6d82020-11-25T02:25:25ZengUniversità degli Studi di TorinoJournal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas2280-85742014-12-013610.13135/2280-8574/8425962. Erasmian SciencePietro Daniel OmodeoEnrico PasiniThis special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas takes its origin from a call for paper on the theme: “Erasmian Science: The Influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam on Early-Modern Science”. Is there any disciplinary field or scholarly context of the past that can be conveniently indicated as (an) ‘Erasmian Science’? Can this expression, as some sort of historiographic construct and instrument, direct the investigation of historians of scientific culture to realms and relationships that have so far escaped their consideration? This are the challenges we are putting forward in this Introduction, offering some background and suggestions as to the feasibility of more thorough studies of ‘Erasmian Science’.http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/842
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description This special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas takes its origin from a call for paper on the theme: “Erasmian Science: The Influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam on Early-Modern Science”. Is there any disciplinary field or scholarly context of the past that can be conveniently indicated as (an) ‘Erasmian Science’? Can this expression, as some sort of historiographic construct and instrument, direct the investigation of historians of scientific culture to realms and relationships that have so far escaped their consideration? This are the challenges we are putting forward in this Introduction, offering some background and suggestions as to the feasibility of more thorough studies of ‘Erasmian Science’.
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