THE MECHANISTIC CONCEPT OF THE WORLD. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL NOTES ABOUT A RECENT CONFERENCE This work provides some contributions about the mechanistic paradigm from historical and philosophical perspective, taking into consideration its evolution from the ancient age until the contemporary science. This analysis is inspired by the conference “Mechanism. Interdisciplinary considerations about a theorical paradigm” organized by the research centre CIRSI of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia…
Read moreTHE MECHANISTIC CONCEPT OF THE WORLD. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL NOTES ABOUT A RECENT CONFERENCE This work provides some contributions about the mechanistic paradigm from historical and philosophical perspective, taking into consideration its evolution from the ancient age until the contemporary science. This analysis is inspired by the conference “Mechanism. Interdisciplinary considerations about a theorical paradigm” organized by the research centre CIRSI of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia held in 14 and 15 December 2017. The work is structured into three sections. The first explains the research goals of the conference; the second is focused on the seventeenth century, the period of the main development of mechanistic paradigm; the third part explores its evolution and its crisis during the contemporary age.