Distinctions of reason and reasonable distinctions: the academic life of John Wallis (1616-1703)
John Wallis's autobiography : text and context -- Early life and education -- The foundation of a career -- Mathematical lecturer -- Doctor of Divinity -- Pedagogue, pastor, and protector -- Mathematical method -- The languages of philosophy
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| Summary: | John Wallis's autobiography : text and context -- Early life and education -- The foundation of a career -- Mathematical lecturer -- Doctor of Divinity -- Pedagogue, pastor, and protector -- Mathematical method -- The languages of philosophy "Distinctions of Reason and Reasonable Distinctions is an intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford for over half a century. His career spans the political tumult of the English Civil Wars, the religious upheaval of the Church of England, and the fascinating developments in mathematics and natural philosophy. His ability to navigate this terrain and advance human learning in the academic world was facilitated by his use of the Jesuit Francisco Suarez's theory of distinctions. This Roman Catholic's philosophy in the hands of a Protestant divine fostered an instrumentalism necessary to bridge the old and new. With this tool, Wallis brought modern science into the university and helped form the Royal Society." |
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Contents Foreword xiii Preface xvi Acknowledgements xvii List of Illustrations xviii Abbreviations xix і Introduction і շ і John Wallis’s ‘‘Mottled Soul”: The Interpretative Challenge The Salve of the “Town Doctor”: the Interpretive Approach PART 1 John Wallis’s Academic Formation Introduction to Part і 2 John Wallis’s Autobiography: Text and Context 1 2 3 3 27 At Home and at School, 1616-32 27 Cambridge University, 1632-40 29 2.1 Wallis’s Tutors at Cambridge 30 2.2 Philosophical Studies 33 2.2.1 Scholastic Philosophy and the conceptus inadaequati 33 2.2.2 Natural Philosophy and Mathematics 38 2.3 Theological Studies 43 The Foundation of a Career 1 15 John Wallis and Thomas Smith 15 John Wallis’s Manuscript Copies of His Autobiography 19 John Wallis, Anthony Wood, and the Memory of the Town Doctor 21 Early Life and Education 1 2 4 13 49 Ecclesiastical Service, 1640-49 49 1.1 Chaplaincies 49 1.1.1 Henry Darley, 1640-41 49 1.1.2 Lady Mary Vere, 1641-43 51 1.2 The Westminster Assembly, 7643-49 56
x CONTENTS 2 3 Natural Philosophy in London, 1645-49 63 2.1 Natural Philosophers, Philosophies, and Their Instruments of Learning 64 2.2 Francis Glisson and Philosophical Anatomy 73 Conclusion 79 Conclusion to Part 1 81 PART 2 John Wallis’s Academic Career Introduction to Part 2 5 6 7 87 Mathematical Lecturer 89 1 The Savihan Statutes 90 2 Lectures on Arithmetic and Algebra 3 Lectures on Geometry 101 4 Conclusion 112 94 Doctor of Divinity 114 1 Dogmatics and the Distinctions of Reason 115 1.1 The Decrees of God 115 1.2 The Trinity 124 1.3 Ecclesiology: the Metaphysics ofPresbyterianism 2 Reason and Revelation 135 3 Conclusion: the Hermeneutic of Suspension 138 130 Pedagogue, Pastor, and Protector 141 1 Geometry as Solidior Philosophia 141 2 The Care of Scholars 146 2.1 Academic Traditions and the Current State ofAffairs 2.2 Academic Life and the Current Affairs ofState 148 3 A University in Its Own Right 151 3.1 A University Counter-Reformation 151 3.2 A Learned Press 158 4 Conclusion 161 Conclusion to Part 2 163 146
XI CONTENTS PART 3 John Wallis’s Philosophical Method Introduction to Part 3 8 9 Mathematical Method 169 1 Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic 170 2 Arithmetica Infinitorum, 1656 175 2.1 The Genesis of the Text 177 2.2 The Method ofInduction 188 3 Hobbes and Wallis 191 3.1 The Nature ofMathematical Demonstration 192 3.1.1 Modes of Argument: John Wallis 192 3.1.2 Modes of Argument: Thomas Hobbes 193 3.1.3 The Argument between Hobbes and Wallis 3.2 The Rhetoric ofDemonstration 200 4 Imaginary Numbers 208 5 The Angle of Contact 213 6 Conclusion 222 The Languages of Philosophy 224 1 Logic 224 1.1 Wallis’s Tradition ofLogic 226 1.2 The Nature and Definition ofLogic 1.3 Terms and Definitions 230 1.4 Arguments 234 1.4.1 Syllogism 234 1.4.2 Demonstration 236 1.4.3 Induction 237 1.5 Method 238 2 Language 240 2.1 English Grammar 241 2.2 Universal Grammar 244 3 Conclusion 250 Conclusion to Part 3 10 167 Conclusion Bibliography Index 304 253 257 252 228 196 |
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