Physics in Minerva's Academy: Early to Mid-Eighteenth-Century Appropriations of Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy at the University of Leiden and in the Dutch Republic at Large, 1687-C.1750 - Couverture rigide

Ducheyne, Steffen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004716157 ISBN 13 : 9789004716155

Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

This monograph explains how, in the aftermath of the battle over René Descartes' philosophy, Newton's natural philosophy found fertile ground at the University of Leiden. Newton's natural philosophical views and methods, along with their underlying distinctions, seamlessly aligned with the University of Leiden's institutional-religious policy, which urged professors and students to separate theology from philosophy. Additionally, these views supported the natural philosophical agendas of Herman Boerhaave, Willem Jacob's Gravesande, and Petrus van Musschenbroek. Newton's natural philosophical program was especially useful in the three Leiden professors' project of reforming existing disciplines and providing them with epistemic legitimacy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Steffen Ducheyne, Ph.D. (2006), is Professor of Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is affiliated with the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science-The Centre Leo Apostel. He has published widely in the field of History and Philosophy of Science. He is the author of The main Business of Natural Philosophy: Isaac Newton’s Natural-Philosophical Methodology (Springer, 2017) and the editor of Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment (Routledge, 2017).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004716157
• ISBN 13: 9789004716155
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 476
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