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Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th CenturyEpistemology and Science at the Turn of the 18th Century

Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th Century: Epistemology and Science at the Turn of... [After a brief excursion of precursors, Descartes,Descartes RenéHuygensHuygens Christiaan and a few others, Newton’sNewton Isaac epistemology is analyzed as the prototype of the view at the turn of the 18th century, both by studying his official statements in the Principia, Opticks, in other published works or letters and his actual way of making science. NewtonNewton Isaac was the last of the great traditional mixed mathematicians; with slight exaggeration, one could say, the last of the ancients. He was a very complex character, involved in many issues, including alchemy, theology and management; spending most of his time in activities that today could hardly be classified as scientific. The chapter discusses how his being a mathematician influenced all his apparently not mathematical interests, canonical natural philosophy included.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th CenturyEpistemology and Science at the Turn of the 18th Century

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-52851-5
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1 –88
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-52852-2_1
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[After a brief excursion of precursors, Descartes,Descartes RenéHuygensHuygens Christiaan and a few others, Newton’sNewton Isaac epistemology is analyzed as the prototype of the view at the turn of the 18th century, both by studying his official statements in the Principia, Opticks, in other published works or letters and his actual way of making science. NewtonNewton Isaac was the last of the great traditional mixed mathematicians; with slight exaggeration, one could say, the last of the ancients. He was a very complex character, involved in many issues, including alchemy, theology and management; spending most of his time in activities that today could hardly be classified as scientific. The chapter discusses how his being a mathematician influenced all his apparently not mathematical interests, canonical natural philosophy included.]

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