Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics
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Brading, K
January 1, 2023
Newton’s Principia reconceptualizes rational mechanics and physics, and offers a novel unification of these heretofore distinct disciplines. In this paper, I argue for a reading of the Principia that insists on a strict distinction between the rational mechanics (in Books 1 and 2) and the physics (in Book 3), in which the Definitions and the Axioms/Laws play a surprising dual role that both distinguishes the rational mechanics from the physics and unifies them into a single project: a philosophical mechanics.
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January 1, 2023
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343
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163 / 195
Related Subject Headings
- 5003 Philosophy
- 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
- 2203 Philosophy
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Brading, K. (2023). Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics. In Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (Vol. 343, pp. 163–195). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3_9
Brading, K. “Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics.” In Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 343:163–95, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3_9.
Brading K. Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics. In: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. 2023. p. 163–95.
Brading, K. “Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics.” Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 343, 2023, pp. 163–95. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3_9.
Brading K. Newton’s Principia and Philosophical Mechanics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. 2023. p. 163–195.
DOI
Publication Date
January 1, 2023
Volume
343
Start / End Page
163 / 195
Related Subject Headings
- 5003 Philosophy
- 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
- 2203 Philosophy