Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy
About the Book Series
Fostering a new approach to the study of the history of natural philosophy this series aims to expand the discussion on natural philosophy cross-culturally and comparatively by focusing on the philosophical reasoning about nature developed particularly, but not exclusively, in three main cultural settings: Europe, the Middle East, and China. One of the main focal points of Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy is the interplay between philosophical and scientific concepts, stances, and problems arising from the premodern consideration of nature, broadly considered. Accordingly, the series provides a cutting-edge framework in which natural philosophy can be considered from new philosophically meaningful angles. Acknowledging the historical interweaving of philosophy and science of nature, the series publishes monographs and edited volumes dealing with the history of natural philosophy from three methodological perspectives: philosophical analysis, historical reconstruction, and comparative studies. Submitted manuscripts may either examine authors and issues from a specific philosophical tradition or engage comparatively with patterns and problems shared by different cultural settings.
Editorial Board: Veronique Decaix (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) | Shixiang Jin (University of Science and Technology of Beijing, China) | Andreas Lammer (Radboud University, Netherlands) | Matteo Martelli (University of Bologna, Italy) | Cecilia Trifogli (University of Oxford, UK) | Linwei Wang (Wuhan University, China)
Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy and the Laws of Nature
1st Edition
By Silvia Manzo
December 22, 2025
This book offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative account of the natural philosophy and of the conception of the laws of nature by Francis Bacon, one of the leading English reformers of natural science and an inspirer of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book focuses on the...
Galen on the Atomists
1st Edition
By Ambra Serangeli
December 22, 2025
Personal physician of the emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus and Septimius Severus, Galen was a multi-faceted intellectual and his extensive writings, constitute, by far, the largest surviving corpus of any ancient author. This immense corpus is still not fully explored and continues to surprise ...
The Sciences of Roger Bacon’s Opus Maius
1st Edition
Edited
By Meagan S. Allen
September 05, 2025
Through an examination of the Opus maius, Roger Bacon’s great scientific work of 1267, this book offers insight into Bacon’s understanding of the role of science in society and the study and practice of science in the later Middle Ages. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV (d. 1268), the Opus ...
Colonial Scholasticism: Interpreting Nature, Society, and Philosophy in Spanish America
1st Edition
Edited
By Abel Aravena Zamora, Nicola Polloni
August 22, 2025
Colonial Scholasticism: Interpreting Nature, Society, and Philosophy in Spanish America explores the enduring influence of scholasticism beyond Europe, tracing its evolution in the intellectual and educational institutions of colonial Latin America. Far from being a mere extension of European ...
Ten Follies: A Journey Around the World in Ten Forms of Madness
1st Edition
By Marco Innamorati
June 20, 2025
Ten Follies: A Journey Around the World in Ten Forms of Madness focuses on a critical question in the history of psychiatry: to what extent does psychopathology describe phenomena that exist before or beyond their description? Marco Innamorati probes the view that any description of a ...
Aristotle and New Spain
1st Edition
By Virginia Aspe Armella
March 31, 2025
This book is a detailed exploration of the Hispanic intellectual context and the different Aristotelian traditions that prevailed until the 16th century. Through a review and contextualisation of Aristotelian thinkers and texts, it argues that a unique Aristotelian tradition was formed in New Spain...
Mathematics and Philosophy at the Turn of the First Millennium: Abbo of Fleury on Calculus
1st Edition
By Clelia V. Crialesi
March 31, 2025
At the turn of the first millennium, scientific and philosophical knowledge was far from dormant. Arithmetic, with its diverse calculation techniques and number theory, served as a bridge to philosophy, theology, and the study of the physical world. Even something as simple as a series of ...
Dante’s Visions: Crossing Sights on Natural Philosophy, Theory of Vision, and Medicine in the Divine Comedy and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Cecilia Panti, Marco Piccolino
December 04, 2024
Dante’s Visions: Crossing Sights on Natural Philosophy, Theory of Vision, and Medicine in the Divine Comedy and Beyond offers a fascinating insight into Dante’s engagement with the science of his time, particularly with visual perception and neurological disorders. The relationship between&...
Theories of Colour from Democritus to Descartes
1st Edition
Edited
By Véronique Decaix, Katerina Ierodiakonou
October 25, 2024
Theories of Colour from Democritus to Descartes investigates issues of the ontological status and perception of colours, such as: What is the nature of colours? Do they exist independently of the subjects who perceive them? And if so, how are they generated and how do they differ from one another? ...