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Newton as philosopher / Andrew Janiak.
Van Pelt Library B1299.N34 J36 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janiak, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Philosophy.
- Newton, Isaac.
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
- Philosophy of nature--History--17th century.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Philosophy of nature--History--18th century.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 196 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 Newton as philosopher, the very idea 1
- 2 Physics and metaphysics: three interpretations 11
- Hypotheses non fingo and metaphysical agnosticism 15
- Newton's radical empiricism 25
- A physical metaphysics: inverting Descartes? 32
- 3 Do forces exist? contesting the mechanical philosophy, I 50
- Newton's dilemma: action at a distance 53
- The mathematical treatment of force 58
- Forces in Leibniz and Clarke 65
- Newton's dilemma resolved 74
- The ontology of force 81
- 4 Matter and mechanism: contesting the mechanical philosophy, II 87
- Is gravity an occult quality? 88
- Descartes and Newton on matter's essence 102
- The epistemology of material objects 113
- A new concept: non-mechanical matter 118
- 5 Space in physics and metaphysics: contra Descartes 130
- Space and the laws of motion 132
- The ontology of space 139
- Newton's absolutism revisited 150
- Is Newton's view of space metaphysical? 155
- 6 God and natural philosophy 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521862868
- 0521862868
- OCLC:
- 183609701
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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