The Methodological Heritage of Newton
The essays included in this volume are concerned with assessing Newton's contribution to the thought of others. They explore all aspects of the conceptual background-historical, philosophical, and narrowly methodological-and examine questions that developed in the wake of Newton's science.
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1970.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I: INTRODUCTION
- II: HYPOTHESES FINGO
- III: THE CLARKE-LEIBNIZ CONTROVERSY
- IV: BERKELEY, NEWTON, AND SPACE
- V: GRAVITY AND INTELLIGIBILITY: NEWTON TO KANT
- VI: THOMAS REID AND THE NEWTONIAN TURN OF BRITISH METHODOLOGICAL THOUGHT
- VII: WHEWELL ON NEWTON'S RULES OF PHILOSOPHIZING
- VIII: CLASSICAL EMPIRICISM.