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Pierre Gassendi | |
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 Pierre Gassendi by Louis-Édouard Rioult | |
| Born | 22 January 1592 |
| Died | 24 October 1655 (aged 63) |
| Education | University of Aix-en-Provence University of Avignon (Th.D., 1614) |
| Era | 17th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Aix-en-Provence Collège Royal |
Main interests | Philosophical logic, physics, ethics |
Notable ideas | Calor vitalis (vital heat) |
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Pierre Gassendi (French: [pjɛʁ gasɛ̃di];[5] also Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi, Petrus Gassendus; 22 January 1592 – 24 October 1655) was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician.[1][6][7] While he held a church position in south-east France, he also spent much time in Paris, where he was a leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631. The lunar crater Gassendi is named after him.
He wrote numerous philosophical works, and some of the positions he worked out are considered significant, finding a way between skepticism and dogmatism. Richard Popkin indicates that Gassendi was one of the first thinkers to formulate the modern "scientific outlook", of moderated skepticism and empiricism. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge. His best known intellectual project attempted to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity.
- ^ a b c Fisher, Saul (August 28, 2014). "Pierre Gassendi". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ^ Vere Claiborne Chappell (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Locke, Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 56.
- ^ Peter Harrison, The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science, Cambridge University Press, p. 220: "There has been considerable discussion in the secondary literature about the impact of Boyle's theological voluntatism on his approach to natural philosophy."
- ^ Caruso 1981, p. 443.
- ^ Léon Warnant (1987). Dictionnaire de la prononciation française dans sa norme actuelle (in French) (3rd ed.). Gembloux: J. Duculot, S. A. ISBN 978-2-8011-0581-8.
- ^ Brundell, Barry (1987). Pierre Gassendi. Synthese Historical Library. Vol. 30. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3793-2. ISBN 978-94-010-8187-0 – via link.springer.com.
- ^ "Brundell, B., Pierre Gassendi from Aristotelianism to a New Natural Philosophy, D. Reidel Publishing, 1987" (PDF).
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