| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index. |
| Contents |
Newton as philosopher, the very idea -- Physics and metaphysics : three interpretations -- Do forces exist? : contesting the mechanical philosophy, I -- Matter and mechanism : contesting the mechanical philosophy, II -- Space in physics and metaphysics: contra Descartes -- God and natural philosophy. |
| Summary |
Newton's philosophical views are unique and uniquely difficult to categorise. In the course of a long career from the early 1670s until his death in 1727, he articulated profound responses to Cartesian natural philosophy and to the prevailing mechanical philosophy of his day. Newton as Philosopher presents Newton as an original and sophisticated contributor to natural philosophy, one who engaged with the principal ideas of his most important predecessor, René Descartes, and of his most influential critic, G. W. Leibniz. Unlike Descartes and Leibniz, Newton was systematic and philosophical without presenting a philosophical system, but over the course of his life, he developed a novel picture of nature, our place within it, and its relation to the creator. This rich treatment of his philosophical ideas will be of wide interest to historians of philosophy, science, and ideas. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Philosophy.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. |
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Philosophy. |
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Philosophy of nature -- History -- 17th century.
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Philosophy of nature. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Philosophy of nature -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1600-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Janiak, Andrew. Newton as philosopher. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521862868 0521862868 (DLC) 2007049998 (OCoLC)183609701 |
| ISBN |
9780511415401 (electronic book) |
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0511415400 (electronic book) |
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9780511410796 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511410794 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511414722 (electronic book) |
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9780511414725 (electronic book) |
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9780511481512 (electronic book) |
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0511481519 (electronic book) |
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6611751378 (electronic book) |
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9786611751371 (electronic book) |
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9780521862868 |
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0521862868 |
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9780521172448 |
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0521172446 |
| Standard No. |
9786611751371 |
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