Newton's Philosophy of Nature Selections from His Writings,9780486445939

Newton's Philosophy of Nature Selections from His Writings

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ISBN13: 9780486445939
ISBN10: 0486445933
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-18
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This book provides a wide representation of the interests, problems, and diverse philosophic issues that preoccupied the greatest scientific mind of the 17th century. Grouped in sections corresponding to methods, principles, and theological considerations, these selections feature explanatory notes and cross-references to related essays. 1953 edition.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface vii
Introduction: What Isaac Newton Started ix
SELECTIONS FROM NEWTON
The Method of Natural Philosophy
Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy
3(2)
On Hypotheses
5(2)
The Experimental Method
7(2)
Fundamental Principles of Natural Philosophy
Newton's Preface to the First Edition of the Principia
9(3)
Definitions and Scholium
12(13)
Axioms, or Laws of Motion
25(1)
The Motions of Bodies
26(15)
God and Natural Philosophy
General Scholium
41(5)
God and Gravity
46(12)
On Creation
58(7)
On Universal Design
65(3)
Questions on Natural Philosophy
The New Theory about Light and Colors
68(13)
On the Science of Colors
81(1)
Hypothesis Touching on the Theory of Light and Colors
82(17)
Perception
99(6)
On Gravity
105(11)
Cotes' Preface to the Second Edition of the Principia
116(19)
Questions from the ``Optics''
135(46)
Notes 181(24)
Selected Bibliography 205

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