Spheres and Bubbles: Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theory of Matter and the Metaphors of the Mind
(2013) p.12-33- Abstract
- What is matter? One of the major themes in Emanuel Swedenborg’s thinking is the
relation between the material and the immaterial, body and soul. During all his life, as
a scientist and a visionary, Swedenborg (1688–1772) pondered on these questions. How
can we get knowledge about the invisible? The world beyond the scope of our senses?
The issue here is to explain the cognitive foundation of his matter theory expressed in
his early scientific works, written before he became a visionary and mystic. Namely, I
do not want to know just what he thought, but also how. In focus is the relation between
environment and cognition that gives rise to theories of nature: how we think... (More) - What is matter? One of the major themes in Emanuel Swedenborg’s thinking is the
relation between the material and the immaterial, body and soul. During all his life, as
a scientist and a visionary, Swedenborg (1688–1772) pondered on these questions. How
can we get knowledge about the invisible? The world beyond the scope of our senses?
The issue here is to explain the cognitive foundation of his matter theory expressed in
his early scientific works, written before he became a visionary and mystic. Namely, I
do not want to know just what he thought, but also how. In focus is the relation between
environment and cognition that gives rise to theories of nature: how we think about
that we can not see; how we understand the invisible through the visible. From the
known we understand the unknown. (Less)
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- author
- Dunér, David LU
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- 2013
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- subject
- host publication
- Emanuel Swedenborg—Exploring a “World Memory”. Context, Content, Contribution
- editor
- Grandin, Karl
- pages
- 12 - 33
- publisher
- The Center for History of Science, Stockholm
- ISBN
- 978-0-87785-351-0
- project
- Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (CCS)
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- English
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abstract = {What is matter? One of the major themes in Emanuel Swedenborg’s thinking is the<br/><br>
relation between the material and the immaterial, body and soul. During all his life, as<br/><br>
a scientist and a visionary, Swedenborg (1688–1772) pondered on these questions. How<br/><br>
can we get knowledge about the invisible? The world beyond the scope of our senses?<br/><br>
The issue here is to explain the cognitive foundation of his matter theory expressed in<br/><br>
his early scientific works, written before he became a visionary and mystic. Namely, I<br/><br>
do not want to know just what he thought, but also how. In focus is the relation between<br/><br>
environment and cognition that gives rise to theories of nature: how we think about<br/><br>
that we can not see; how we understand the invisible through the visible. From the<br/><br>
known we understand the unknown.},
author = {Dunér, David},
booktitle = {Emanuel Swedenborg—Exploring a “World Memory”. Context, Content, Contribution},
editor = {Grandin, Karl},
isbn = {978-0-87785-351-0},
language = {eng},
pages = {12--33},
publisher = {The Center for History of Science, Stockholm},
title = {Spheres and Bubbles: Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theory of Matter and the Metaphors of the Mind},
year = {2013},
}