Johann Sturm
Johann Christoph Sturm was a German philosopher, professor at University of Altdorf and founder of a short-lived scientific academy known as the Collegium Curiosum, based on the model of the Florentine Accademia del Cimento. He edited two volumes of the academy's proceedings under the title Collegium Experimentale.
Sturm is the author of Physica Electiva, a book that criticized Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and prompted him to publish a rebuke. Sturm's critique was aimed at Leibniz's view that Nature and/or its constituent parts possess some creative force of their own. This criticism was partly theological, in that Sturm claimed Leibniz's view of Nature undermined the sovereignty of the Christian God.Works by Sturm
- Collegium experimentale, Nuremberg: Endter, vol. 1, available and ; vol. 2 available , , and .
- Physica electiva sive hypothetica, vol 1, Nuremberg: Endter, 1697, available and ; vol.2, Altdorf: Kohles, 1698.
- A list of works by Sturm with links to online versions is available at , section "Ausgewählte Werke".
Studies on Sturm
- Ahnert, Thomas, The Culture of Experimentalism in the Holy Roman Empire: Johann Christoph Sturm and the Collegium Experimentale .
- Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard, "", , 6 December 2010.
, 1690
