Truth and Error in Early Modern Science: Thomas Browne and His World

Kathryn Murphy discusses, “The Wilderness of Forms and the Difference of Things in Browne and His Contemporaries”. Murphy is Fellow And Tutor In English Literature at Oriel College, Oxford. This lecture was part of the session titled, “The Wilderness of Forms: Bacon and Browne”.

Vera Keller discusses, “Errors and Non-Entities: Browne and Hartlib between Discourse and Catalog”. Keller is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon Honors College. This lecture was part of the session titled, “Fact and Fiction”.

Joanna Picciotto discusses, “Why Look at Animals?”. Picciotto is Associate Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. This lecture was part of the session titled, “The Ethics of Naturalism and the Science of Error”.

Anthony Ossa-Richardson discusses, “The Pericardium of Truth: Thomas Browne and the Science of Error”. Ossa-Richardson is Faculty of English, School of Humanities at the University of Southampton. This lecture was part of the session titled, “The Ethics of Naturalism and the Science of Error”.

Seth Lobis discusses, “Fact and Fiction in Ralph Cudworth’s 'True Intellectual System of the Universe'”. Lobis is Associate Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. This lecture was part of the session titled, “Fact and Fiction”.