Newton and Empiricism
Author | : Zvi Biener |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199337095 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199337098 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This is the first volume of original commissioned papers on the subject of Newton and empiricism. The chapters, contributed by a leading team of both established and younger international scholars, explore the nature and extent of Newton's relationship to a variety of empiricisms and empiricists. Among the many significant contributions of the volume are a detailed engagement with Newton's optical writings, a careful contextualization of Newton's methods in seventeenth century context, a critical analysis of the ways in which Locke and Hume responded to Newton, and a history of the reception of Newton's methods in astronomy.