The limits of matter

This is a book about how the modern notion of materiality was established during the period c. 1680-1760. It studies what natural philosophers engaged in chemistry and mineralogy said about phenomena such as witchcraft, trolls and subtle matters, and relates this discourse to their innovations in matter theory. In this way it takes the debate about Enlightenment, which has mostly been confined to fields such as the history of philosophy, theology and physics, into a new arena.

Year

2015

Language

English

Series

Synthesis

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Editions

2

Pages

241

ISBN

9780226194998

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