Newton's Sensorium: Anatomy of a Concept : Springer : 9783319720524 : 331972052X : 24 May 2018 : These chapters analyze texts from Isaac Newton's work to shed new light on scientific understanding at his time. Newton used the concept of ?sensorium? in writings intended for a public audience, in relation to both humans and God, but even today there is no consensus about the meaning of his term. The literal definition of the Latin term 'sensorium', or its English equivalent 'sensory', is 'thing that feels' but this is a theoretical construct. The book takes readers on a process of discovery, through inquiry into both Newton's concept and its underlying model. It begins with the human sensorium. This part of his concept is situated in the context of the aforesaid writings but also in the context of the writings of two of Newton's contemporaries, the physicians William Briggs and Thomas Willis, both of whom were at the forefront of their respective specialties of ophthalmology and neurolo