TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dunér,David
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg: A Study in the Conceptual Metaphors of the Mechanistic World-View 
T2  - Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
SN  - 9789400745605
AV  - B108-5802 
U1  - 180-190 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy of mind
KW  - History of Philosophy
KW  - History of Science
KW  - Philosophy of Mind
N1  - 1. Introduction -- 2. The space -- 3. The Sign -- 4. The wave -- 5. The sphere -- 6. The point -- 7. The spiral -- 8. The infinite -- 9. Conclusion
N2  - Although Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) is commonly known for his spiritual philosophy, his early career was focused on natural science. During this period, Swedenborg thought the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. This volume analyses this mechanistic world-view from the cognitive perspective, by means of a study of the metaphors in Swedenborg’s texts. The author argues that these conceptual metaphors are vital skills of the creative mind and scientific thinking, used to create visual analogies and abstract ideas. This means that Swedenborg’s mechanistic and geometrical world-view allowed him to perceive the world as mechanical and geometrical. Swedenborg thought "with" books and pens. The reading gave him associations and clues, forced him to interpret, and gave him material for his intellectual development
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4560-5
ER  -