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The Later Sects : Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians

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The Scientific Revolution completely transfigured the European intellectual landscape. Old divisions disappeared, while new fault lines emerged. Ancient philosophical sects had been replaced by new schools, featuring novel masters, disciples, and methodological commitments. However, the new schools still engaged in antagonistic discourse, attacking one another along new fronts—e.g., Cartesians against Gassendists, Newtonians against Leibnizians. This chapter presents the diverse philosophical camps that arose in the later stages of the Scientific Revolution by noting a shift in the use of the term ‘sect’. While it still signified something like an Ancient philosophical school for some, it could also take on a more negative polemical meaning, intended to disparage one’s opponents. Moreover, the individuals associated with the “sects” did not all faithfully subscribe to explicit, coherent, and systematic programs. On the contrary, declaring membership of a sect was as often a signal of opposition as of allegiance to a methodology or theory. Despite calls for conciliatory research programs, sectarian attitudes did not disappear by 1750, but delineated new battle lines between the Cartesians, the Leibnizians, and the Newtonians.
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hal-04132413 , version 1 (19-06-2023)

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Delphine Bellis. The Later Sects : Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians. David Marshall Miller; Dana Jalobeanu. The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution, Cambridge University Press, pp.96-110, 2022, ⟨10.1017/9781108333108.007⟩. ⟨hal-04132413⟩
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