Monsters and Philosophy

International audienceIntroduction xiCharles T. WolfeThe Riddle of the Sphinx: Aristotle, Penelope, and 1EmpedoclesJohannes FritscheScience as a Cure for Fear: The Status of Monsters in 21LucretiusMorgan MeisNature and its Monsters During the Renaissance: 37Montaigne and VaniniTristan DagronConjoined Twins and the Limits of our Reason 61Annie Bitbol-HespérièsDegeneration and Hybridism in the Early Modern Species 109Debate: Towards the Philosophical Roots of theCreation-Evolution ControversyJustin E. H. SmithLeibniz on the Unicorn and Various other Curiosities 131Roger AriewThe Creativity of God and the Order of Nature: 153Anatomizing Monsters in the Early Eighteenth CenturyAnita GuerriniThe Status of Anomalies in the Philosophy of Diderot 169Annie IbrahimThe Materialist Denial of Monsters 187Charles T. WolfeCerebral Assymetry, Monstrosities and Hegel. 205On the Situation of the Life Sciences in 1800Michael HagnerThe Lady Knight of the Perilous Place 217Elfriede JelinekMonster: More than a Word. . . From Portent to Anomaly, 231the Extraordinary Career of MonstersBeate OchsnerIndex 28