Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800 (Hardcover)

Introduction, Richard Scholar, Alexis Tadie; Chapter 1 Poetic Fiction and Natural Philosophy in Humanist Italy: Fracastoro’s Use of Myth in Syphilis, Isabelle Pantin; Chapter 2 ‘Si Faut-il Voir Si Cette Belle Philosophie…’: The Language of Fiction in Montaigne, Corneille, and Pascal, Wes Williams; Chapter 3 1 This chapter was translated by Liz Nash., Isabelle Moreau; Chapter 4 1 This chapter was translated by Sophie Lewis., Luc Foisneau; Chapter 5 The Making of the Modern Philosopher: Fictions of Philosophical Identity in Locke and Hume, Robert Mankin; Chapter 6 Philosophy, Ethics, and the Work of Fiction: Diderot’s Answer to Molyneux’s Question, Kate E. Tunstall; Chapter 7 1 This chapter was translated by Liz Nash., Anne Simonin;