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Nationality
  
German

Occupation
  
Philosopher

Name
  
Johann Sturm


Johann Sturm

Born
  
3 November 1635 (
1635-11-03
)

Died
  
26 December 1703(1703-12-26) (aged 68)

Johann Christoph Sturm (3 November 1635 – 26 December 1703) was a German philosopher. Sturm is the author of Physica Electiva (1697), a book which criticized Leibniz and prompted him to publish a rebuke. Sturm's critique was aimed at Leibniz's view that Nature and/or its constituent parts possess some creative force of their own. This criticism was partly theological, in that Sturm claimed Leibniz's view of Nature undermined the sovereignty of the Creator.

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Works by Sturm

  • Collegium experimentale, Nuremberg: Endter, vol. 1 (1676), available here and here; vol. 2 (1685) available here, here, and here.
  • Physica electiva sive hypothetica, vol 1, Nuremberg: Endter, 1697, available here and here; vol.2, Altdorf: Kohles, 1698.
  • A list of works by Sturm with links to online versions is available at Astronomie in Nürnberg, section "Ausgewählte Werke".

    • Studies on Sturm

  • Ahnert, Thomas (2002), The Culture of Experimentalism in the Holy Roman Empire: Johann Christoph Sturm (1635-1703) and the Collegium Experimentale [1].
  • Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard, "Speculative and Experimental Philosophy in Universities: Eclecticism", Early Modern Experimental Philosophy, 6 December 2010.

    • References

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