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Francis Bacon · Knowledge in circulation

Solomon Houses of Early Modern Europe: The Diffusion and Transformation of Baconianism

This project investigates the diffusion of Baconianism across Europe and the transmission and influence of Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum and New Atlantis in Northern, Central, and Eastern European contexts.

Natural magic · Experimental philosophy

From natural magic to science

This project investigates the reception and uses of Giovanni Battista Della Porta’s Magia naturalis in seventeenth-century England, in the context of the emergence of experimental philosophy.

Archives · Natural history

The experimental philosophy of Henry Power: A view from the archives

Focusing on the archive of the natural philosopher, medical practitioner, and humanist Henry Power (1621–1668), this project examines mid-seventeenth-century experimental philosophy and its connections with natural philosophy, natural history, theology, and moral philosophy. A special issue of Annals of Science, co-edited by Dana Jalobeanu and Gideon Manning, is listed by UTN as in preparation.

Recipes · Practice · Transmission

The Recipe Project: How experimental knowledge is transmitted from one context to another

The project asks how experimental knowledge moves between contexts, through the enactment of recipes, technologies, and experiments.

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