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Andrew Janiak

Andrew Janiak

Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
janiak@duke.edu
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
201 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works

Space and motion in nature and Scripture: Galileo, Descartes, Newton.

Journal article Studies in history and philosophy of science · June 2015 Featured Publication In the Scholium to the Definitions in Principia mathematica, Newton departs from his main task of discussing space, time and motion by suddenly mentioning the proper method for interpreting Scripture. This is surprising, and it has long been ignored by sch ... Full text Cite

Three concepts of causation in Newton

Journal article Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A · September 1, 2013 Featured Publication In this paper, I argue that recent debates about Newton's attitude toward action at a distance have been hampered by a lack of conceptual clarity. To clarify the metaphysical background of the debates, I distinguish three kinds of causes within Newton's wo ... Full text Cite