Tradition and Innovation: Newton’s Metaphysics of Nature
Author:   J.E. McGuire
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   56
ISBN:  

9780792336174


Pages:   292
Publication Date:   31 October 1995
Format:   Hardback
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Tradition and Innovation: Newton’s Metaphysics of Nature


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These essays on Newton's thought are concerned with the central categories of Newton's metaphysics of nature (matter, causation, force, space, time) and the ways in which Newton's work relates to cultural themes such as providence and creation. Focusing on questions of tradition and innovation, and Newton's engaged response to the broader patterns of his contemporary culture, they present a unified, interpretive stance that often challenges the scholarly orthodoxies. The essays contain material that is related exegetically to the corpus of Newton's published writings. Accordingly, they aim to provide a basis for understanding and clarifying the inner dynamics of Newton's thought.

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Author:   J.E. McGuire
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   56
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.360kg
ISBN:  

9780792336174


ISBN 10:   0792336178
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   31 October 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Existence, Actuality and Necessity: Newton on Space and Time.- 2: Atoms and the ‘Analogy of Nature’: Newton’s Third Rule of Philosophizing.- 3: Body and Void and Newton’s De Mundi Systemate: Some New Sources.- 4: Space, Geometrical Objects and Infinity: Newton and Descartes on Extension.- 5: Force, Active Principles, and Newton’s Invisible Realm.- 6: The Origin of Newton’s Doctrine of Essential Qualities.- 7: Transmutation and Immutabiltty: Newton’s Doctrine of Physical Qualities.

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