I am just back from the massive (nearly 2000 participants) joint meeting of the European Society for the History of Science and the (US) History of Science

Le Monde de Descartes

Rivista di Filosofia

This volume aims to uncover the diverse approach to plants in the Renaissance and seventeenth century that paved the way for a definition of botany as a fully-fledged discipline. Its scope expands bey...

Session Title *Excrescence, Spontaneous Beings, and Symbiotic Life: Plant Studies and Ecology in Premodern Times Type *Paper Panel Session Abstract (Max. 300 words) *Throug…

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This introduction discusses the challenges plant life has represented in the history and philosophy of science, and outlines the topics dealt with by the contributors. Understanding plant life, behavi...

Session Title *Excrescence, Spontaneous Beings, and Symbiotic Life: Plant Studies and Ecology in Premodern Times Type *Paper Panel Session Abstract (Max. 300 words) *Throug…

Panels are on Monday 13th July 2026 – see HSS-ESHS2026 website [Back]

CFP on RSA websiteThis is part of our project on natural crafts – here the series we direct. Despite their silent existence, plants were considered more than passive medicinal and agricultura…

Fu uno degli studiosi italiani più tradotti e conosciuti all'estero, per i suoi lavori sulle classi subalterne medievali e moderne: aveva 87 anni

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Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...

L'assenza di una teoria politica nel pensiero di Descartes ha sempre destato meraviglia, sospetti e fraintendimenti; si è giustificato questo disinteresse con l'isolamento autarchico e l'indifferenza ...