Newton on Matter and Activity

Newton on Matter and Activity
ISBN-10
0268160147
ISBN-13
9780268160142
Category
Science
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2016-10-14
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Pess
Author
Ernan McMullin

Description

"Newton on Matter and Activity shows persuasively that while the Principia remains within the first two stages of inquiry (mathematical and physical) into nature, Newton spent the next forty years of his life making a philosophical analysis of matter, force, and transmission of force. Close attention is paid to methodological issues, especially Newton's move beyond inductivism and toward a reproductive theoretical schema of interpretation required to treat of attraction, hardness, and impenetrability." —Cross Currents

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