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Newton as Philosopher
by Andrew Janiak
Description: Newton as Philosopher examines Isaac Newton's philosophical ideas and their development from the 1670s to 1727, focusing on his responses to Cartesian and mechanical philosophies during that period
ISBN: 0521172446
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nyc111 · 2022-11-15 · Original thread
Great article. It shows how fluid the topics defined as the subject of philosophy are. Space, time, motion and the influence of god on the workings of nature were considered philosophical topics. Natural philosophers viewed nature more wholistically than physicists who inherited these topics and study them with the defined units of physics.

The article is from this book by Andrew Janiak https://www.amazon.com/Newton-as-Philosopher-Andrew-Janiak/d...

The author http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/janiak