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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Butts, Robert, E.
Autres auteurs: Davis, John, W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1970.
Collection:Heritage.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.