“The main Business of natural Philosophy” Isaac Newton’s Natural-Philosophical Methodology /

In this monograph, a historically detailed and philosophical-systematic study will be undertaken of Newton's scientific methodology. It will be shown that the hypothesis that Newton was a bad or confused methodologist is beset with many difficulties and that Newton was not a simplistic inductiv...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ducheyne, Steffen (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
Σειρά:Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 29
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