Certain Philosophical Questions Newton's Trinity Notebook

Name: Certain Philosophical Questions Newton's Trinity Notebook
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ISBN: 9780521530668

ISBN-10: 0521530660

ISBN-13: 9780521530668

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Authors: J. E. McGuire, Martin Tamny

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Isaac Newton wrote the manuscript Questiones quaedam philosophicae at the very beginning of his scientific career. This small notebook thus affords rare insight into the beginnings of Newton's thought and the foundations of his subsequent intellectual development. The Questiones contains a series of entries in Newton's hand that range over many topics in science, philosophy, psychology, theology, and the foundations of mathematics. These notes, written in English, provide a very detailed picture of Newton's early interests, and record his critical appraisal of contemporary issues in natural philosophy. Written predominantly in 1664-5, they give a significant perspective on Newton's thought…

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List price: $49.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Preface



Commentary: Introduction



Infinity, indivisibilism, and the void



The Cartesian influence



Newton on projectile motion and the void



Physiology and Hobbesian epistemology



The origin of Newton's optical thought and its connection with physiology



Gravitation, attraction, and cohesion



Astronomy



Things and souls



Transcription and Expansion of Questiones Quaedam Philosophicae: Principles of the transcription and expansion





Appendix


Glossary


Symbols and shorthand devices


Selected bibliography


Index