The 'physical prophet' and the powers of the imagination. Part II: A case-study on dowsing and the naturalisation of the moral, 1685-1710

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Vermeir, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body; Contagion; Divination; Dowsing; Imagination; Magic; Moral philosophy; Natural philosophy; Occult; Physiology; Preternatural; Spirit; Vapours

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MAGIC; MORALITY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGIC; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MORALS; NATURAL SCIENCES; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION AND SCIENCE;

EID: 10144254135     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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