Newton as philosopher /

Newton as philosopher /

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Author / Creator:	Janiak, Andrew.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 196 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727 -- Philosophy. Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727. Philosophy of nature -- History -- 17th century. Philosophy of nature -- History -- 18th century. Philosophy. Philosophy of nature. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813669

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ISBN:	9780511415401 0511415400 9780511410796 0511410794 0511414722 9780511414725 9780511481512 0511481519 6611751378 9786611751371 9780521862868 0521862868 9780521172448 0521172446
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Janiak, Andrew. Newton as philosopher. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521862868 0521862868
Standard no.:	9786611751371

Table of 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.