Pierre Gassendi : Humanism, Science, and the Birth of Modern Philosophy (Paperback)

Part 1: Gassendi’s Epicurean Project, its Genesis and its Sources  1.  The Life and Work of Pierre Gassendi Sylvie Taussig  2. Gassendi’s Exercitationes Paradoxicae adversus Aristoteleos: An Intellectual Biography Daniel Garber  3. Gassendi’s Interplay between Skepticism and Empiricism Gianni Paganini  4. Gassendi and Epicureanism Saul Fisher  5. Tranquility as the Highest Good: Gassendi Between Epicurus and Cicero Donald Rutherford  Part 2: Gassendi the Polemist  6. Gassendi in the Philosophical Debate: Stakes of the Essay concerning the principles of Robert Fludd’s Philosophy (1630) Edouard Mehl  7. Gassendi’s Critique of Descartes Antonia LoLordo  Part 3: Gassendi’s Science and Philosophy in Context  8. Gassendi’s Logic Rodolfo Garau  9. Gassendi’s Theory of Space and Time Delphine Bellis  10. Pierre Gassendi and the New Science of Motion Carla Rita Palmerino  11. Astronomy, Cosmology, and the Limit of Empiricism in Gassendi’s Thought Kuni Sakamoto  12. Gassendi’s Theory of Living Beings Francois Duchesneau  13. “The best philosopher in France”: The Reception of Gassendi’s Natural Philosophy in England Antonio Clericuzio