کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9742624 1490373 2005 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Newton's notion and practice of unification
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
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Newton's notion and practice of unification
چکیده انگلیسی
In this paper I deal with a neglected topic with respect to unification in Newton's Principia. I will clarify Newton's notion (as can be found in Newton's utterances on unification) and practice of unification (its actual occurrence in his scientific work). In order to do so, I will use the recent theories on unification as tools of analysis (Kitcher, Salmon and Schurz). I will argue, after showing that neither Kitcher's nor Schurz's account aptly capture Newton's notion and practice of unification, that Salmon's later work is a good starting point for analysing this notion and its practice in the Principia. Finally, I will supplement Salmon's account in order to answer the question at stake.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A - Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2005, Pages 61-78
نویسندگان
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