[...]soul did not play any role in determining ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomena='strcls'>*
innate heat of living bodies
wind='lgc'>: humid vapours flowing through the air
thinness of wind vapours
16th century
expiration and inspiration of the lungs
Holy Spirit is expressed in the ="trms">nature of winds
="trms">interest in wind and weather was kindled by reports reaching Europe from the East and West Indies about hitherto unknown meteorological ="trms">phenomena عجایب
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orderly ma="trms">jesty of God ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> encyclopedism about the universe ='lgc'>+ an analogue of a ="trms">memory ="trms">system
Jean Bodin
firm believer in and opponent of demonic magic
theater of the whole ="trms">nature universe ="trms">naturae theatrum
reason of wind (ratio ventorum)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•sun
="lsts lst1">•impulse (impulsus) of the angels or demons
sphere of sacrobosco
De sphaera mundi
(On the Sphere of the ="trms">World, pre-Copernican astronomy)
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...our sublunar ="trms">world
gunpowder theory of thunder ⛈
compact earthly ="trms">matter from underground whose expansion with expansion so fast that it moves large masses of air, like “salniter in fire or gunpowder which has caught fire”
visualization
making air visible
inverted glass experiment
linking thermal expansion ='and'>& contraction of pure air to wind formation (Cardano)
(under the influence of) celestial fire ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> air (could become alive and active) acquiring motive force
on the transmutations of air
(typical of 16th century) steering the ="trms">religious significance of the study of ="trms">nature
spirit='lgc'>: a cosmic subtle substance, both recipient ='lgc'>+ vehicle of celestial influences ='lgc'>==allow='lgc'>='lgc'>==> elements to transmute into each other (='lgc'>+ meteorological ="trms">phenomena)
(Drebbel’s favourite cosmic spirit='lgc'>:) fire='lgc'> = clearest of all elements ad top of the hierarchical order of elements (fire, air, water, earth), clarifying the other elements ='lgc'>[such as Siavash='lgc'>]
(for Della Porta='lgc'>:) meteorological ="trms">phenomena='lgc'> = transmutations of the air (in ="trms">literal sense)
air becoming thinner or ="trms">thicker ='lgc'>==rise='lgc'>='lgc'>==> winds, thunder, clouds, rain, snow, linking heaven ='lgc'>+ earth ='lgc'>+ bringing life to all animated creatures
(Della Porta conceived of) wind in vita="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic terms
...winds rising up from the mouth of the retort (boiling water)
how heat endowed air with motive force
(Drebbel ="trms">presenting to the public) perpetuum mobile ='lgc'>: expansion and contraction of air (which he claimed) de="trms">monstrated the force behind all movement and life
weatherglass (='lgc'>+ aeolipila) ='lgc'>--de="trms">monstrated='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>****highly nontrivial ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomena='strcls'>**** (transformation of energy from heat into mechanical motion)
(="nms">ajayeb’s) theory about the o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigins of the wind
Galileo ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> earth's rotation ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (='lgc'><='lgc'>--evidence='lgc'>--) wind
Bacon ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> exhalations together with air ='lgc'>[rarefaction and expansion of air / exhalation drawn up by sun='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> wind
Fludd (meteorological cosmica) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> wind='lgc'>: principal meteorological ="trms">phenomenon (princeps meteororum) and closest to God
“wind is an aerial spirit, of middle consistence, inspired or animated by the breath of Iehova, which he extracts from his treasure-case ="trms">according to his will, to effect either a punishment or a bene="trms">diction”
="lsts lst1">•angels='lgc'>: efficient cause of winds (in borg macro- and micro="trms">cosmos)
="lsts lst1">•(changes in the air ='lgc'>--cor="trms">responded='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) temperament of living creatures ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> wind
="lsts lst1">•pulse of the heart caused by the spirit of life
="lsts lst1">•thermal expansion
="lsts lst1">•vaporization (='lgc'>+ contraction) of air
="lsts lst1">•pneumatics
“wind='lgc'> = thermal expansion ='and'>& contraction of air” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a vita="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic-alchemical Rosicrucian conception of meteorology and ="trms">cosmology ='lgc'>=/= ="ppl">Descartes’ mechanical-corpuscular view of ="trms">nature ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>{wind ='lgc'><='lgc'>== vapours drawn up from earth and water by solar heat (vapours expanded when heated and when they encountered the op="trms">position of other vapours clouds or mountains they ended up escaping in the one free direction)
="lsts lst1">•vapour='lgc'>: (made out of) small corpuscles together with even smaller particles filling the gaps between the corpuscles
Froidmont ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> wind='lgc'>: (made of) dry and hot exhalations ='lgc'>=/= animated (as the stoics dream)
='lgc'>{winds flow towards Earth because of their gravity, like streams and rivers in their beds='lgc'>} gravity ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> wind ='lgc'>=/= (direct expression of) celestial power and caused by God’s angels
scorched by rays and reflexes of the sun
="trms">denser
Torricelli conceptualized the motion of the hot and cold air masses by thinking them as separated by the walls of a building and in this way he ignored the air’s life-like tendency to expand when heated. instead he reasoned in terms of change of weight applying Archimedes principle
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علم کلام
='strcls'>*reflections grounded on ="trms">literary descriptions of ancient artefacts='strcls'>*
='lgc'>+ based on actual devices
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> wind='lgc'> = source of a potentially in="trms">finite quantity of motive force, the multiform expression of a single cosmic principle animating air
inverted glass experiment ='lgc'>: a ='strcls'>***de="trms">monstration ='lgc'>~= simulacrum='strcls'>*** (of celestial motive forces) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~=='qstn'>? a ="trms">fable='lgc'>]
='at'>#a demon working on de="trms">monstrations
mechanistic explanations ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> mechanical conceptualization='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•astronomical clocks
="lsts lst1">•clockwork automata
="lsts lst1">•computing machines
="lsts lst1">•optical tricks
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='lgc'>--Borrelli='lgc'>='lgc'>--> weatherglass only became ="trms">interesting when considered as a means of quantifying ="trms">phenomena
='strcls'>*artefacts and artificial processes that lent themselves to conceptualization in vita="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic terms='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•alchemical experiments
="lsts lst1">•magnetic compass
="lsts lst1">•pneumatic engines
="lsts lst1">•speculate on wind
="lsts lst1">•falling bodies
="lsts lst1">•pendulum
(Halley’s) wind='lgc'>: successions of strokes indicating the direction in which a ship would ="trms">travel under the influence of the wind blowing (at the ="trms">specific point of the sea...) -='lgc'>~-~-> direction of a virtual invisible motive force
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(='qstn'>?) people rely on singular ="trms">ontology and multiple ="trms">epistemologies
="trms">interpretation ='lgc'>=='qstn'>? appropriation of other's existential labor (='lgc'>~/= culture)
="ppl">Alberti's pot='lgc'>: instantiations of a concept of a ="trms">world that is chronically unstable
(cranial modification, tattooing, treatment of the dead ='lgc'>--manage='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) the inherent instability of bodies
="lsts lst1">•one's perspective is intimately connected to the body one is
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>-- did ="ppl">Alberti say all these things from the pots='qstn'>? no.
in Ingold='lgc'>: the indigenous people are ="trms">presented as having some kind of privileged access to the workings of the ="trms">world due to their close ="trms">relationship to the land
ethics of theory
accounts of non-western
in our reconstruction of the ="trms">past
usage glossed as a heuristic='lgc'>: an ="trms">interpretive tool
="ppl">Alberti ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> claims to universality in our theories of ="trms">matter rely on falsification through assimilation other people's theories of ="trms">matter
='lgc'>==renforce='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (="trms"nttrm="search">archeology) academy as an alibi for neocolonialism
(we should stop) searching for the answer to our ="trms">relationship with the physical ="trms">world ='lgc'>[="trms">ontology of everything ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- this is my problem with philosophy='lgc'>] ='lgc'>=/= ='strcls'>***accept a role as the point of ="trms">articulation among sources of theories of ="trms">matter, tangible evidence of alternative ="trms">ontologies, ="trms">communities ="trms">past and ="trms">present='strcls'>***
problems='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*the elision of ="trms">ontological claims by ="trms">epistemological claims='strcls'>* ='lgc'>: necessity of a singular ="trms">ontology (as a guarantor in theories) even while a diversity of ="trms">epistemologies are recognized and accepted (and when we p="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">luralize “="trms">ontologies”)
="lsts lst1">•to use ethnographic accounts at the level of analogy (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- i do this all the time)
="lsts lst1">•privileging of others (of their accounts of the ="trms">world) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> for example in Ingold ='lgc'>=/= attempting to ='strcls'>*gain purchase on other people's ="trms">world='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> for example ="ppl">Viveiros ="ppl">de Castro's concern is ="trms">ontological (dialogical) ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">epistemological (monological)
='strcls'>*="trms">epistemologies masquerading as ="trms">ontologies='strcls'>*(='qstn'>?)
="lsts lst1">•p="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">luralizing the terms ='lgc'>[="trms">ontologies, knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges, ="trms">epistemologies, etc.='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (sending out the message that) we are good relativists ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='qstn'>? actually allowing alternative theories of reality
(='lgc'>[i have talked about this problem elsewhere ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>] ="trms">ontologies are relegated into) hierarchical ="trms">epistemologies='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">anthropology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they look at cultures ='lgc'>--access='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">ontology (="trms">nature of things) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>==> “culture='lgc'> = ="trms">ontology"='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•native ="trms">ontology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they look at ="trms">matter='lgc'>: in="trms">different unchanging universal substance ='lgc'>--produce='lgc'>--[...]