The problematic position of alchemy in the scientific revolution
1. The mise en scéne before Sennert. The medieval tradition of alchemical corpuscular theory ; Erastus and the critique of chemical analysis ; Aristotelian corpuscular theory and Andreas Libavius
2. Daniel Sennert's atomism and the reform of Aristotelian matter theory. The corpuscular theory of Daniel Sennert and its sources
The interplay of structure and essence in Sennert's corpuscular theory
3. Robert Boyle's matter theory. Boyle, Sennert, and the mechanical philosophy
Boyle's use of chymical corpuscles and the reduction to the pristine state to demonstrate the mechanical origin of qualities.
