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155Margaret Cavendish acerca del escepticismo, los sueños y la fantasía (fancy)Ideas y Valores. Revista Colombiana de Filosofía 71 (10): 93-115. 2023.This article discusses Margaret Cavendish's position on reality and fiction in dreams and her role within the moderate skepticism of her philosophy. While Cavendish argues that there is no distinction between dream-like and waking depictions, she does not consider the difference between fact and fiction to be sharp or relevant. We will argue that, although Cavendish promotes a philosophical discourse that articulates reason –that seeks to know reality— and fancy —which constructs fictions—, cons…Read more
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121Quali-quantitative measurement in Francis Bacon’s medicine: towards a new branch of mixed mathematicsIn Simone Guidi & Joaquim Braga (eds.), The Quantification of Life and Health from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. Intersections of Medicine and Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 89-109. 2023.In this chapter we will argue, firstly, that Bacon’s engages in a pecu-liar form of mathematization of nature that develops a quali-quantitative methodology of measurement. Secondly, we will show that medicine is one of the disciplines where that dual way of measurement is practiced. In the first section of the chapter, we will expose the ontology involved in the Baconian proposal of measurement of nature. The second section will address the place that mixed mathematics occupies in Bacon’s schem…Read more
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106Experimentación, instrumentos científicos y cuantificación en el método de Francis BaconManuscrito 24 (1): 49-84. 2001.Hace un tiempo G. Rees señaló la importancia del razonamiento cuantitativo en el programa de la renovación del saber propuesto por F. Bacon, renovando la imagen tradicional de su método. Con la intención de proseguir el replanteo iniciado por Rees de los conceptos centrales del método baconiano, me propongo reexaminar el significado de la experimentación y de los instrumentos científicos, lo cual implica al mismo tiempo considerar la relación entre razón y sentidos. Para ello, examinaré el signi…Read more
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104Experiment and Quantification of Weight: Late-Renaissance and Early Modern Medical, Mineralogical and Chemical Discussions on the Weights of MetalsEarly Science and Medicine 25 (4): 388-412. 2020.This paper explores how a set of observations on the weight of lead were interpreted and assessed between the 1540s and the 1630s across three different interconnecting disciplines: medicine, mineralogy and chemistry. The epistemic import of these discussions will be demonstrated by showing: 1) the changing role and articulation of experience and quantification in the investigation of metals; and 2) the notions associated with weight in different disciplinary frameworks. In medicine and mineralo…Read more
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93David Hume and CopernicanismIn Letitia Meynell, Donald Baxter, Nathan Brett & Lívia Guimaraes (eds.), 36th International Hume Society Conference. Naturalism and Hume’s Philosophy. Conference Papers, The Printer. pp. 85-88. 2009.The aim of this paper is to examine how much Hume knew about astronomy, in order to understand the reasons for his acceptance of Copernicanism. My contention is that Hume’s positive reception of the Copernican system arises at least from the importance that he gives to three features that he attributes to the Copernican system: beauty, simplicity and uniformity. I also give some evidence that Hume had first-hand knowledge of some sections of Galileo’s Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mond…Read more
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82Piezas de un modelo para armar, desarmar y rearmar: Autores, textos y temas en la construcción de los cánones filosóficosIn Susana Maidana & María Mercedes Risco (eds.), La modernidad ayer y hoy, Facultad De Filosofía Y Letras, Universidad Nacional De Tucumán. pp. 117-146. 2017.¿Qué entendemos hoy por canon en el ámbito de la filosofía? El sentido más habitual de esta palabra remite a una lista o catálogo de autores y de textos que se consideran fundamentales con respecto a un determinado recorte de la filosofía y a veces a la filosofía en su totalidad. Este sentido de canon, por extensión, suele tener una connotación de norma, precepto o regla, en la medida en que la lista de obras o autores es juzgada como necesaria para alcanzar un conocimiento o dominio de la filos…Read more
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69Respuestas a la encuesta sobre canón filosófico e historia de la filosofíaIn María Carla Galfion & Facundo José Moine (eds.), La inquietud por la filosofía. Ensayos sobre canon, historia y crítica, Universidad Nacional De Córdoba, Facultad De Filosofía Y Humanidades. pp. 278-282. 2023.En estas páginas se publican mis respuestas a una encuesta incluida en el libro Galfione, María Carla y Moine, Facundo José, eds., La inquietud por la filosofía. Ensayos sobre canon, historia y crítica, Córdoba, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, 2023, pp. 178-182. Las preguntas de la encuesta son las siguientes: 1. ¿Cree que tiene sentido hacer hoy historia de la filosofía, como objeto de investigación y/o enseñanza? ¿Por qué y cómo?; 2. ¿Pueden ayudar las ref…Read more
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49Los usos políticos del cuerpo: los dos cuerpos del rey en la filosofía política de Francis BaconKriterion: Journal of Philosophy 49 (117): 177-199. 2008.
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46Francis Bacon y la concepción aristotélica del movimiento en los siglos XVI y XVIIRevista de Filosofía (Madrid) 29 (1): 77-97. 2004.La crítica que Francis Bacon dirigió a la concepción aristotélica del movimiento no tuvo como punto de partida las obras originales de Aristóteles sino la vasta literatura de texto que durante los siglos XVI y XVII ofrecía una interpretación novedosa y ecléctica del pensamiento aristotélico. En este trabajo analizo la crítica de Bacon concentrándome en los textos aristotélicos más corrientes de su medio intelectual (Magirus, Keckermann, Conimbricenses, Toledo, Zabarella). El artículo está dividi…Read more
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43The reception of Condillac in Argentina from the nineteenth-century professors of idéologie to José IngenierosIn Delphine Antoine-Mahut & Anik Waldow (eds.), Condillac and His Reception. On the Origin and Nature of Human Abilities, Routledge. pp. 190-212. 2023.This chapter will explore the reception of Condillac in Argentina from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, focusing on two cases. First, the reception by nineteenth-century professors of idéologie (Juan Crisóstomo Lafinur, Juan Manuel Fernández de Agüero, Luis José de la Peña, and Diego Alcorta) that was mediated by the interpretations of Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Pierre Jean Cabanis, and Pierre Laromiguière. Second, the reception in the early twentieth century by José Ingenie…Read more
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40Miguel Angel Granada, el debate cosmológico en 1588. Bruno, brahe, rothmann, ursus, röslin. Istituto italiano per gli studi filosofici, lezioni Della scuola di studi superiori in Napoli, bibliopolis, Napoli, 1996. Pp. 166 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 33 (3): 369-379. 2000.
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38Holy Writ, Mythology, and the Foundations of Francis Bacon's Principle of the Constancy of MatterEarly Science and Medicine 4 (2): 114-126. 1999.The exact nature of the relation between science and Scripture in the thought of Francis Bacon is a well-studied but controversial field. In this paper, it is shown that Bacon, though convinced that there exists no enmity between the book of God's wisdom and the book of God's power, usually tries to separate knowledge acquired by reason from knowledge acquired by faith. In his exposition of the principle of the conservation of matter, however, Bacon seems to find himself constrained to invoke Sc…Read more
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31Probability and certainty in Francis Bacon 's natural histories. A double attitude toward skepticismIn Maia Neto, José Raimundo, Gianni Paganini & John Christian Laursen (eds.), Skepticism in the Modern Age: Building on the Work of Richard Popkin, Brill. pp. 123--138. 2009.Bacon’s project suggests in theory that the obtaining of absolute certain knowledge is possible but in fact such knowledge is revealed to be impossible. Th e description of the human mind on which Bacon’s account is based seems to imply that the impossibility of obtaining absolute certainty does not depend on the contingent historical situation of a preliminary stage of the scientifi c endeavor. Consequently, a gap emerges between the proposed goal of science and the ways to reach it: Bacon trie…Read more
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23Historia civil y poesía, certeza y verdad en Francis BaconAnales Del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía 31 (2). 2014.
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21F RANCIS B ACON, The Instauratio Magna Part II: Novum Organum and Associated Texts. Edited with introduction, notes, commentaries and facing-page translations by Graham Rees with Maria Wakely. The Oxford Francis Bacon, XI. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004. Pp. cxxviii+634. ISBN 0-19-924792-7. £120.00 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 39 (2): 290-291. 2006.
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19Holy writ, mythology, and the foundations of Francis Bacon's principle of the constancy of matterEarly Science and Medicine 4 (2): 114-126. 1999.The exact nature of the relation between science and Scripture in the thought of Francis Bacon is a well-studied but controversial field. In this paper, it is shown that Bacon, though convinced that there exists no enmity between the book of God's wisdom and the book of God's power, usually tries to separate knowledge acquired by reason from knowledge acquired by faith. In his exposition of the principle of the conservation of matter, however, Bacon seems to find himself constrained to invoke Sc…Read more
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18Francis Bacon, philosophical studies, C. 1611–c. 1619, edited by Graham Rees. The oxford Francis Bacon, VI. oxford: Clarendon press, 1996. Pp. cxvi+503. Isbn 0-19-812290-X. £80.00 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 33 (2): 231-254. 2000.
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15Peter zigman , einblicke in eine sterbende ära: Das ende Des mythos der guten alten zeiten. Philosophica XXXII. Bratislava: Comenius-universität, 2000. Pp. 191. Isbn 80-223-1425-0. No price given (review)British Journal for the History of Science 34 (3): 341-373. 2001.
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14Philosophical Studies, c. 1611–c. 1619 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 33 (2): 231-254. 2000.
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9The Instauratio Magna Part II: Novum Organum and Associated Texts (review)British Journal for the History of Science 39 (2): 290-291. 2006.
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7Margaret Cavendish acerca del escepticismo, los sueños y la fantasía (fancy)Ideas Y Valores 72. 2023.Este artículo analiza la posición de Margaret Cavendish sobre la realidad y la ficción en los sueños y su papel dentro del escepticismo moderado de su filosofía. Cavendish sostiene que no hay distinción entre las representaciones que se tienen en los sueños y en la vigilia, no considera que la diferencia entre la realidad y la ficción sea tajante o relevante; de modo que, si bien promueve un discurso filosófico que articula la razón que busca conocer la realidad y la fantasía (fancy) que constru…Read more
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1The political uses of the body-the two bodies of the King in the political philosophy of Francis BaconKriterion: Journal of Philosophy 49 (117): 177-199. 2008.
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Algo nuevo bajo el sol: el método inductivo y la historia del conocimiento en la Gran Restauración de Francis BaconRevista Latinoamericana de Filosofia 27 (2): 227-254. 2001.