Philosophical perspectives on Newtonian science /

These original essays explore the philosophical implications of Newton's work. They address a wide range of topics including Newton's influence on his contemporaries and successors such as Locke and Kant, and his views on the methodology of science, on absolute space and time, and on the D...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bricker, Phillip, Hughes, R. I. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1990.
Temas:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727. > Principia > Congresses.
Newton, Isaac, > (Sir,), > 1642-1727.
Principia (Newton, Isaac)
Mechanics > Early works to 1800 > Congresses.
Celestial mechanics > Early works to 1800 > Congresses.
Science > Philosophy > Congresses.
Mécanique > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Congrès.
Mécanique céleste > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Congrès.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Mechanics > Early works to 1800.
Celestial mechanics > Early works to 1800.
Science > Philosophy.
Celestial mechanics.
Mechanics.
Klassieke mechanica.
Filosofische aspecten.
sciences (philosophy)
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Applied Mathematics.
Early works.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congressen (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Philosophical perspectives on Newtonian science / R.I.G. Hughes
  • On Locke, "the Great Huygenius, and the incomparable Mr. Newton" / Howard Stein
  • Foils for Newton: comments on Howard Stein / Richard Arthur
  • Real quantities and their sensible measures / Lawrence Sklar
  • Absolute time versus absolute motion: comments on Lawrence Sklar / Phillip Bricker
  • Predicates of pure existence: Newton on God's space and time / J.E. McGuire
  • Newton on space and time: comments on J.E. McGuire / John Carriero
  • Newton's corpuscular query and experimental philosophy / Peter Achinstein
  • Reason and experiment in Newton's Opticks: comments on Peter Achinstein / R.I.G. Hughes
  • Kant and Newton: why gravity is essential to matter / Michael Friedman
  • The "essential properties" of matter, space, and time: comments on Michael Friedman / Robert DiSalle
  • Ethical implications of Newtonian science / Errol Harris
  • Modern ethical theory and Newtonian science: comments on Errol Harris / Philip T. Grier.

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