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Titre(s) : Interpreting Newton [Texte imprimé] : critical essays / edited by Andrew Janiak and Eric Schliesser
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-439 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction /Andrew Janiak and Eric Schliesser -- ; Newton's law-constitutive approach
to bodies: a response to Descartes /Katherine Brading -- ; Leibniz, Newton and force
/Daniel Garber -- ; Locke's qualified embrace of Newton's Principia /Mary Domski --
; What geometry postulates: Newton and Barrow on the relationship of mathematics to
nature /Katherine Dunlop -- ; Cotes' queries: Newton's empiricism and conceptions
of matter /Zvi Biener and Chris Smeenk -- ; Newton's scientific method and the universal
law of gravitation /Ori Belkind -- ; Newton, Huygens and Euler: empirical support
for laws of motion /William Harper -- ; What did Newton mean by 'Absolute Motion'?
/Nick Huggett -- ; From velocities to fluxions /Marco Panza -- ; Newton, Locke, and
Hume /Graciela de Pierris -- ; Maupertuis on attraction as an inherent property of
matter /Lisa Downing -- ; The Newtonian refutation of Spinoza: Newton's challenge
and the Socratic problem /Eric Schliesser -- ; Dispositional explanations: Boyle's
problem, Newton's solution, Hume's response /Lynn S. Joy -- ; Newton and Kant on absolute
space: from theology to transcendental philosophy /Michael Friedman -- ; How Newton's
Principia changed physics /George E. Smith
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 396-418
"This collection of specially commissioned essays by leading scholars presents new
research on Isaac Newton and his main philosophical interlocutors and critics. The
essays analyze Newton's relation to his contemporaries, especially Barrow, Descartes,
Leibniz, and Locke, and discuss the ways in which a broad range of figures, including
Hume, MacLaurin, Maupertuis, and Kant, reacted to his thought. The wide range of topics
discussed includes the laws of nature, the notion of force, the relation of mathematics
to nature, Newton's argument for universal gravitation, his attitude toward philosophical
empiricism, his use of "fluxions," his approach toward measurement problems, and his
concept of absolute motion, together with new interpretations of Newton's matter theory.
The volume concludes with an extended essay that analyzes the changes in physics wrought
by Newton's Principia. A substantial introduction and bibliography provide essential
reference guides"--
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Janiak, Andrew. Éditeur scientifique
Schliesser, Eric (1971-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) -- Philosophie
Philosophie de la nature -- 17e siècle
Philosophie de la nature -- 18e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
192 (23e éd.) = Philosophie occidentale moderne - Îles britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780521766180. - ISBN 0521766184 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436724913
Notice n° :
FRBNF43672491
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