Reading Descartes: A Reassessment of the Shaping and Transmission of Knowledge in the Seventeenth Century

Projektinformationen

READESCARTES

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 892794

DOI 10.3030/892794

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 2 März 2020

Startdatum 1 März 2021

Enddatum 28 Februar 2023

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 183 473,28

EU-Beitrag € 183 473,28

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
Italy

Projektbeschreibung

Die Texte und Ideen von René Descartes genauer analysieren

René Descartes (1596-1650), der als der erste moderne Philosoph gilt, war ein bedeutender wissenschaftlicher Denker und ein origineller Metaphysiker. Es ist bekannt, dass er die intellektuelle Revolution in Europa im 17. Jahrhundert maßgeblich mitgestaltet hat. Unbekannt ist, warum seine Ideen so wichtig waren, denn es ist nicht eindeutig belegt, wie genau seine Texte gelesen wurden. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt READESCARTES erforscht nicht katalogisierte handschriftliche Quellen, ihre textliche Rekonstruktion und Kartierung sowie ihre Nutzung und Verbreitung. Es stützt sich auf Ansätze des Lesens und Notierens und die Verwendung von digitalen Kartierungswerkzeugen für große Textmengen.

Ziel

The objective of this project is to provide the first in-depth study of the handwritten commentaries on the treatises of René Descartes. This study is important because such sources were crucial in shaping the intellectual revolution occurring in Europe during the 17th century, in which Descartes played a foremost role. However, we still do not have a complete grasp of why his ideas were so important to this revolution, because we do not know how his texts were closely read. The key to understand this process of reading and knowledge-building is the analysis of this kind of sources, up to now neglected by historians. Andrea Strazzoni has preliminarily ascertained their crucial role for the reception of Cartesianism while working on two monographs in the history of philosophy and science, making him the ideal researcher for this project. He has assessed the existence of 109 not retrieved items, plus 38 already retrieved ones. These commentaries constitute a body of literature whose complete analysis will be made possible by this project, focused on those authored by the first teachers of Cartesian ideas: Johannes de Raey and Johannes Clauberg. This study is now timely, because it benefits from new directions of investigation: (a) the study of reading and note-taking practices, (b) a transnational approach to the history of thought, (c) the application of digital mapping tools to large amounts of texts. Such approaches are now at the centre of new researches, led at Venice Ca’ Foscari by the applicant’s supervisor, Marco Sgarbi, and by Dirk van Miert at Utrecht, destination of a secondment. The project integrates these approaches in order to pursue its objective along three lines of investigation: (1) the search for uncatalogued handwritten sources, (2) their textual reconstruction and mapping, (3) the analysis of their use and dissemination. This project will enable Strazzoni to become a leading scholar in early modern philosophy, and to apply for a tenured position.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• social sciences › educational sciences › didactics
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• social sciences › political sciences › political transitions › revolutions
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › philosophy › history of philosophy › modern philosophy

Schlüsselbegriffe

• history of early modern philosophy
• René Descartes
• manuscripts
• reading
• note taking

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 183 473,28
• Adresse: DORSODURO 3246 ; 30123 Venezia ; Italien
• Region: Nord-Est › Veneto › Venezia
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 183 473,28