This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology a

This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology a

This study is a cultural history of Montpellier vitalism, regarded by many historians as the leading school of medicine in the French Enlightenment. Offering a

This far-reaching study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and boldly reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter

This Open Access book combines philosophical and historical analysis of various forms of alternatives to mechanism and mechanistic explanation, focusing on the