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The Scientific Counter-Revolution
Michael Gorman, Klaus Corcilius, Ferenc Hörcher, Bryan Brazeau, Danilo Facca, Jakob Leth Fink, Daniel Gärber, Oliver Leaman, Anna Marmodoro, Craig Martin, Carlo Natali, Riccardo Pozzo, Renée Raphael, Víctor M. Salas, Leen Spruit
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Abstract
Jesuit engagement with natural philosophy during the late 16th and early 17th centuries transformed the status of the mathematical disciplines and propelled members of the Order into key areas of controversy in relation to Aristotelianism. Through close investigation of the activities of the Jesuit ‘school’ of mathematics founded by Christoph Clavius, The Scientific Counter-Revolution examines the Jesuit connections to the rise of experimental natural philosophy and the emergence of the early scientific societies. Arguing for a re-evaluation of the role of Jesuits in shaping early modern science, this book traces the evolution of the Collegio Romano as a hub of knowledge. Starting with an examination of Clavius’s Counter-Reformation agenda for mathematics, Michael John Gorman traces the development of a collective Jesuit approach to experimentation and observation under Christopher Grienberger and analyses the Jesuit role in the Galileo Affair and the vacuum debate. Ending with a discussion of the transformation of