The Activity of Matter in Gassendi's Physics

Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy 2:75-103 (2005)
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Gassendi holds that matter is intrinsically active - it possesses an innate active force or power. This paper explains what that active power consists in and why Gassendi adopted this view.

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reprint LoLordo, Antonia (2005) "The Activity of Matter in Gassendi's Physics". In Garber, Daniel, Nadler, Steven, Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy Volume 2, pp. : Oxford University Press (2005)
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