Newton's Sensorium: Anatomy of a Concept

• Main Author: Kassler, Jamie C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 53
• Subjects: Philosophy and science.; Human physiology.; Philosophy of mind.; Epistemology.; Philosophy of Science.; Human Physiology.; Philosophy of Mind.

In the writings that Newton intended for a public audience, he used the term 'sensorium' in relation to both humans and God. But in the writings of commentators, it has been little recognised that these two usages form a complete concept, so that even today there is no consensus about the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I. The sensorium in Newton's texts: 1. Preliminary remarks. 1.1. The data
• Part II. The human sensorium in context: 2.1. Newton on the sensory-motor system. 2.2. Summary and comment
• Part III. The human sensorium in wider context. 3.1. William Briggs on the visual sensory system. 3.2. Thomas Willis on the nervous system. 3.3. The spectator in the dark room
• Part IV. Generalising to the divine sensorium: 4.1. Taking stock. 4.2. The divine spectator and the cosmic spectacle. 4.3. Afterword: Is infinite space a container?
• Conclusion.