Results 41 to 50 of about 839 (172)
Stoic-influenced epistemology in Margaret Cavendish’s theory of perception
Filosofia UnisinosRecent scholarship has explored various aspects of Cavendish’s epistemology and some concepts of her philosophy of nature have been shown to trace back to Stoic mechanics and aetiology. This paper argues that there was also a significant influence of
Matheus Tonani
doaj +1 more source
Veil of Light: The Role of Light in Cavendish’s Visual Perception
Ergo, An Open Access Journal of PhilosophyMargaret Cavendish’s views about the nature of bodies and perception leave her with a potentially problematic implication: that light has no role in visual perception.
Brooke Willow Sharp
doaj +2 more sources
Contexto y alcance de la crítica de Margaret Cavendish a la filosofía experimental
StoaEn este trabajo queremos abordar un aspecto de la discusión entre la filosofía experimental y la filosofía especulativa en el siglo XVII, a partir de las propuestas de Margaret Cavendish.
Viridiana Platas Benitez +1 more
doaj +1 more source
The Modern Law Review, Volume 87, Issue 4, Page 833-863, July 2024.Retrospective facial recognition (RFR) marks a step change in police surveillance capability that has received surprisingly little attention to‐date. As the legal issues surrounding RFR are uncertain, and as legal challenge is likely, this article makes four key contributions. First, the surveillance capability made possible by RFR is set out.
Daragh Murray
wiley +1 more source
Inner discourse as philosophical debate in Margaret Cavendish
GalilæanaDespite being the first woman to attend a meeting of the Royal Society, Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was denied membership. Her exclusion from these inner circles prevented her from participating in rigorous debates about her work and the work of her ...
Mary Purcell
doaj +1 more source
Remarkable Women in a Remarkable Age. On the Genesis of the English Public Sphere, 1642-1752
Scienza & Politica, 2015 During the era of the English Revolutions and shortly after that, some spaces, albeit limited, of female visibility open up. Thanks to the window of opportunity caused by the collapse of censorship, the participation in the radical sects and in the Civil
Eleonora Cappuccilli
doaj +1 more source
Skin Colour and Priesthood. Debating Bodily Differences in Early Modern Catholicism*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 135-152, June 2024.Can people of different skin colours become Catholic priests? What may seem self‐evident from today's perspective, Catholic theologians and canon lawyers controversially debated in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While most authors agreed that colour per se was not a problematic factor, an increasing number argued that non‐white ...
Brendan Röder
wiley +1 more source
Is Margaret Cavendish a naïve realist?
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 321-341, June 2024.Abstract Perception plays a central and wide‐ranging role in the philosophy of Margaret Cavendish. In this paper, I argue that Cavendish holds a naïve realist theory of perception. The case draws on what Cavendish has to say about perceptual presentation, the role of sympathy in experience, the natures of hallucination and of illusion, and the ...
Daniel Whiting
wiley +1 more source
Etudes Epistémè, 2008 As Francis Bacon’s texts show, the use of analogy in the sciences was already both contested and recognized as potentially useful in the XVIIth century.
Sandrine Parageau
doaj +1 more source
Early modern women philosophers and politics: Accommodating sphere restrictions
Philosophy Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024.Abstract In his Politics, Aristotle decreed that human beings needed to take part in politics to flourish, but that women, despite being human, needed to stay at home and away from politics. This paper offers an overview of how early modern women philosophers worked to makes their lives more political despite being constricted to the domestic sphere ...
Sandrine Bergès
wiley +1 more source