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Article Dans Une Revue Mefisto. Rivista di Medicina, Filosofia e Storia Année : 2024

A Contribution to the Pasteur-Pouchet Controversy

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Building upon Raynaud’s analysis of the controversy between Pasteur and Pouchet over spontaneous generation, I single out the philosophical and historical reasons which led Pouchet to defend the idea that life can appear in the absence of parents. In particular, I retrace the theological arguments used by Pouchet for showing that spontaneous generation copes with the Christian doctrine. Then, I provide an outline of Pouchet’s interpretation of the development of natural sciences in the Middle Ages. Finally, I argue that Pouchet’s endorsement to spontaneous generation was determined by his looking upon Albert the Great’s philosophical and scientific heritage as a combination of both theological orthodoxy and experimental attitude, a mix that satisfies the metaphysical and epistemological tenets of Pouchet’s philosophy of the natural sciences.

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hal-04573126 , version 1 (13-05-2024)

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Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona. A Contribution to the Pasteur-Pouchet Controversy: Pouchet as a philosopher and historian of the natural sciences. Mefisto. Rivista di Medicina, Filosofia e Storia, 2024. ⟨hal-04573126⟩

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