Descripción del proyecto
El cuerpo como analogía modelo para entender la tierra y el medio ambiente
Una de las preguntas filosóficas más apremiantes y desconcertantes se centra en la forma adecuada de explicar la estructura del mundo que nos rodea. Al volver a evaluar la relación entre la biomedicina antigua y la filosofía natural, el proyecto GEOANATOMY, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene por objeto determinar la repercusión de la antigua medicina griega y romana en las explicaciones causales de los fenómenos meteorológicos y geológicos por parte de Aristóteles, Lucrecio y Séneca. El proyecto arrojará luz sobre esta amalgama de colaboraciones científicas transfronterizas, al promover la concienciación tanto entre el mundo académico como entre el público en general sobre cuestiones relativas a la protoecología y el cuidado del medio ambiente.
Objetivo
One of the most ancient, still puzzling, philosophical questions concerns how one should explain the structure of the surrounding world while being herself part of it. Believing that all bodies are part of the cosmos in the sense that they are governed by the same causal principles, ancient scientists communicated their observations by using analogy. Evidence of the various forms of communicative analogical scientific exposition is traditionally taken to reveal that medicine and natural science, though sharing a common interest in accounting for natural phenomena, manifest a keen eagerness to delimit their boundaries. There is, however, a largely underexplored type of analogical reasoning in which these disciplines are seen to create a trans-boundary scientific mixture, enabling us to speak of cross-disciplinary influence and assimilation. This project aims to determine the impact of ancient Greek and Roman medicine on the causal explanations of meteorological and geological phenomena offered by Aristotle (4th c. BCE), Lucretius (1st c. BCE) and Seneca (1st c. CE) by investigating the course of reasoning within which such explanations are embedded, what I call ‘the medical argument’. An analysis of this single, unified cross-disciplinary argumentative system will ultimately lead to a redefinition of our present historical knowledge about the beginnings of modern environmental conscience and consciousness. As its strategic intent, GEOANATOMY encompasses the following set of specific goals: (a) To reassess the relationship between ancient biomedicine and natural philosophy, two disciplines which are traditionally thought to have had clearly demarcated boundaries; (b) To bring to light for the first time and clearly identify the ‘fruit’ of this cross-boundary scientific collaborative amalgam; and (c) To advance awareness in both the academic world and the wider public of issues concerning proto-ecology and care for the environment.
Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
- ciencias naturales
- ciencias agrícolasagricultura, silvicultura y pescaagriculturahorticulturafruticultura
- humanidadesfilosofía, ética y religiónfilosofía
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
3584 CS Utrecht
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