Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science
These original essays explore the philosophical implications of Newton's work. They address a wide range of topics including Newton's influence on his contemporaries and successors such as Locke and Kant, and his views on the methodology of science, on absolute space and time, and on the Deity.Howard Stein compares Newton's refusal to lock natural philosophy into a preexisting system with the more rigid philosophical predilections of his near-contemporaries Christian Huygens and John Locke....
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These original essays explore the philosophical implications of Newton's work. Booknews Thirteen original papers from a conference at Yale U., Nov. 1987, honoring the tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Principia. They address a wide range of topics, including Newton's influence on his contemporaries and successors such as Locke and Kant, and his views on the methodology of science, on absolute space and time, and on the deity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
\ BooknewsThirteen original papers from a conference at Yale U., Nov. 1987, honoring the tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Principia. They address a wide range of topics, including Newton's influence on his contemporaries and successors such as Locke and Kant, and his views on the methodology of science, on absolute space and time, and on the deity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
