La circulation sanguine comme pierre de touche: Harvey, Riolan, Descartes

Authors

  • Sarah Marie Carvallo École Centrale de Lyon 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue 69134 Ecully Cedex

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v3i1.243

Keywords:

circulation sanguine, controverse, expérience, rationalité, aristotélicien, mécanique, néoplatonicien

Abstract

In 1628, Harvey published his blood circulation theory, which triggered questionings by Riolan and Descartes at several levels: metaphysical, physiological, anatomical, institutional. The blood controversy tackles various conceptions of life that refer to various metaphysical backgrounds (Aristotelician, Cartesian or Neoplatonic), several kinds of relationships between natural philosophy and theology (compatibility, strict distinction, a balance between the two), distinct representations of the human body (dynamic, mechanic, aesthetic). It illustrates a point in time when medicine reforms and reorganizes its epistemic style and its rationality in order to explain the complexity of the body’s fabric.

Author Biography

  • Sarah Marie Carvallo, École Centrale de Lyon 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue 69134 Ecully Cedex

    MCF HDR Philosophie

    Institut d’Histoire de la Pensée classique – UMR 5037

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Published

2016-12-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016): Proceedings of the 2014 SPS congress

Section

Proceedings of the 2014 congress (metaphysics of science)

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“La Circulation Sanguine Comme Pierre de Touche: Harvey, Riolan, Descartes”. 2016. Lato Sensu: Revue de la Société de Philosophie Des Sciences 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v3i1.243.