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UNINA9910460697103321 |
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The methodological heritage of Newton / / edited by Robert E. Butts, John W. Davis |
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[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1970 |
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©1970 |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Science - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Hypotheses Fingo -- III. The Clarke-Leibniz Controversy -- IV. Berkeley, Newton, and Space1 -- 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 |
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In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Newton and his influence. His thought, like that of Aristotle and every other great thinker, underwent development which contemporary scholars are seeking to understand more clearly than did their predecessors, awed as they were by the overwhelming Newtonian achievement.As the titles indicate, the range of essays included in this volume is wide, but most are concerned not so much with explaining Newton’s development as with assessing his 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. The papers are varied yet unified in their attention to common themes and show the wealth of philosophical matter to be found in scientific synthesis. Newton left a rich complexity of philosophical problems whose attempted resolution helps our understanding both of method and positive science. His theories are one of the greatest achievements in physics; they are also valuable case |
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studies for those interested in grasping the methodological and broadly philosophical basis of science. Four of the seven essays in this volume were prepared for an international conference held at the University of Western Ontario in April 1967; the three other papers were added by the editors to supplement and unify the collection. |
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UNINA9910782475003321 |
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Griffin William Paul |
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The God of the Prophets [[electronic resource] ] : an analysis of divine action / / William Paul Griffin |
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Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997 |
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1-281-81405-9 |
9786611814052 |
0-567-39346-1 |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 249 |
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God - Biblical teaching |
Image of God |
Content analysis (Communication) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: BACKGROUND; Part II: THE ANALYSIS; Appendix A: PREVIOUS STUDIES; Appendix B: CATEGORY DICTIONARIES; Bibliography; Index of Authors |
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Content analysis'-which is a computer-assisted form of textual analysis-is used to examine divine activity in six prophetic texts, comparing God's activity to that of humans. In this methodologically innovative study, the author concludes, in the light of quantitative data, that God is harsher to non-Israelites than to Israelites in all the texts, and much kinder to Israelites in Joel than in the typical prophet. God and humans are involved in much the same kinds of physical and |
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mental processes, but to considerably different degrees. Griffin argues persuasively that the God of the prophets is |
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