René Descartes’s Natural Philosophy and Particular Bodies

Dr. Fabrizio Baldassarri is an expert of Descartes's philosophy and science. He has been the recipient of a Marie-Curie Fellowship at Ca’ Foscari University Venice and Indiana University Bloomington. He has edited volumes, such as Vegetative Powers (Springer 2021), Descartes and Medicine (Brepols 2023), Andrea Cesalpino and Renaissance Aristotelianism (Bloomsbury 2023), Plants in 16th and 17th century (De Gruyter 2023) and several special issues for Early Sciene and Medicine, the Journal for Early Modern Studies, Nuncius. He is the author of a monograph entitled, Il metodo al tavolo anatomico: Descartes e la medicina (Rome 2021).

• Glossary.- Introduction.- Part 1. A Theoretical Framework.- 1. Method.- 2. Nature.- Part 2. Practical Knowledge.- 3. Metals.- 4. Plants.- 5. Animals.- Conclusions.