In 1682, Otto Mencke and Christoph Pfautz founded the Acta Eruditorum, the first fully-fledged German scientific journal. In this paper, I argue that this journal had a fundamental role in shaping the narrative on the rise of the new science in the 17th century, placing Germany as the ideal intermediary between tradition and innovation. In particular, Pfautz’s review of Newton’s Principia in the Acta Eruditorum initiated the Leibniz-Newton controversy, which forced the German tradition to reconsider its role and reshape its philosophical foundations to appeal to a wider international audience.
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Titolo del capitolo
Christoph Pfautz as a Reviewer for the Acta Eruditorum: the Invention of a German Tradition in the Sciences
Autori
Mattia Brancato
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0573-3.02
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Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Philosophical Reviews in German Territories (1668-1799)
Sottotitolo del libro
Volume 1
Curatori
Marco Sgarbi
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Numero di pagine
162
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0573-3
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0572-6
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0573-3
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0574-0
Collana
Knowledge and its Histories