Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant
Author | : Wolfgang Lefèvre |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2023-08-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783031343407 |
ISBN-13 | : 3031343409 |
Rating | : 4/5 (409 Downloads) |
Download or read book Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant written by Wolfgang Lefèvre and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addresses the transformations of metaphysics as a discipline, the emergence of analytical mechanics, the diverging avenues of 18th-century Newtonianism, the body-mind problem, and philosophical principles of classification in the life sciences. An appendix contains a critical edition and first translation into English of Newton's scholia from David Gregory's Estate on the Propositions IV through IX Book III of his Principia.