Certain Philosophical Questions: Newton's Trinity Notebook - Brossura

McGuire, J. E.

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ISBN 10: 0521530660 ISBN 13: 9780521530668

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This volume provides a complete transcription of the Questiones, together with an 'expansion' into modern English.

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Descrizione del libro

This volume provides a complete transcription of the Questiones, together with an 'expansion' into modern English, and a full editorial commentary on the content and significance of the notebook in the development of Newton's thought. It will be essential reading for all those interested in Newton and the intellectual foundations of science.

Contenuti

Preface; Part I. Commentary: Introduction; 1. Infinity, indivisibilism, and the void; 2. The Cartesian influence; 3. Newton on projectile motion and the void; 4. Physiology and Hobbesian epistemology; 5. The origin of Newton's optical thought and its connection with physiology; 6. Gravitation, attraction, and cohesion; 7. Astronomy; 8. Things and souls; Part II. Transcription and Expansion of Questiones Quaedam Philosophicae: Principles of the transcription and expansion; The transcription and expansion; Appendix; Glossary; Symbols and shorthand devices; Selected bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521530660
• ISBN 13: 9780521530668
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 532
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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