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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797246203321

Titolo

The methodological heritage of Newton / / editors, Robert E. Butts, John W. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1970

©1970

ISBN

1-4426-5115-6

1-4426-3278-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

530/.01

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.