The Concept of Scientific Curiosity in Histoire de l’Académie
royale des sciences (1699–1710) : Bernard de Fontenelle and his
fellow academicians

J 2025

The Concept of Scientific Curiosity in Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences (1699–1710) : Bernard de Fontenelle and his fellow academicians

ŠPELDA, Daniel

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Concept of Scientific Curiosity in Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences (1699–1710) : Bernard de Fontenelle and his fellow academicians

Autoři

ŠPELDA, Daniel

Vydání

Early Modern French Studies, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2025, 2056-3035

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.100 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/20563035.2024.2420639

UT WoS

001355777400001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105002453647

Klíčová slova anglicky

Bernard de Fontenelle; curiosity; eary modern science; Académie des sciences; scientific curiosity

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 24. 11. 2025 13:43, Mgr. Ester Gaja Pučálková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This article deals with the use of the term ‘curiosity’ in the volumes of the Académie royale des sciences published under the title Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences. The first part of the article demonstrates that members of the Académie often used ‘curiosity’ and related terms in an epistemological and methodological sense that has been little discussed by historians of curiosity. In the second part, the article focuses primarily on the relationship between the concepts of curiosity and utility. Academicians emphasized that their research was both curious and useful, but they assigned more importance to curiosity because they believed that only theoretical research could provide the insights that would foster further development. The most detailed interpretation of the relationship between the two categories was given by Bernard de Fontenelle in the preface to the first volume of Histoire, where he defended the view that utility was the result of curiosity.

Návaznosti

GA23-05587S, projekt VaV

Název: Filosofická legitimizace vědy v raném osvícenství: Fontenelle a jeho současníci

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Filosofická obhajoba vědy v raném osvícenství: Fontenelle a jeho kolegové

Citovat

ŠPELDA, Daniel. The Concept of Scientific Curiosity in Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences (1699–1710) : Bernard de Fontenelle and his fellow academicians. Early Modern French Studies. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2025, roč. 47, č. 1, s. 18-37. ISSN 2056-3035. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/20563035.2024.2420639.

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ŠPELDA, Daniel. The Concept of Scientific Curiosity in Histoire de l’Académie royale des sciences (1699–1710) : Bernard de Fontenelle and his fellow academicians. \textit{Early Modern French Studies}. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \&{} FRANCIS LTD, 2025, roč.~47, č.~1, s.~18-37. ISSN~2056-3035. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/20563035.2024.2420639.

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