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Mechanical philosophy is a book category devoted to the mechanistic view of nature that emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries and its legacy, framing the world as matter in motion governed by mathematical laws rather than by intrinsic forms or purposes. It includes primary texts and translations by figures like Descartes, Hobbes, Boyle, Gassendi, and Newton; historical studies of corpuscularianism, the “clockwork universe,” experiment and instrumentation; and analyses of debates over causation, determinism, teleology, and divine design. The category also covers applications to chemistry, physiology and medicine (iatromechanism), early machine and automata theory, and contemporary philosophy of science on mechanistic explanation. Ideal for readers in early modern philosophy, history of science, metaphysics, and science and technology studies.

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