Biener, Zvi (2018) Newton’s Regulae Philosophandi. Oxford Handbook of Isaac Newton.
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Newton’s Regulae philosophandi — the rules for reasoning in natural philosophy — are maxims of causal reasoning and induction. This chapter reviews their significance for Newton’s method of inquiry, as well as their application to particular propositions within the Principia. Two main claims emerge. First, the rules are not only interrelated, they defend various facets of the same core idea: that nature is simple and orderly by divine decree, and that, consequently, human beings can be justified in inferring universal causes from limited phenomena, if only fallibly. Second, the rules make substantive ontological assumptions on which Newton’s argument in the Principia relies.
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| Keywords: | Isaac Newton, Methodology, Causal Reasoning, Gravity, Force, God | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Zvi Biener | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2018 15:31 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2018 15:31 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14722 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford Handbook of Isaac Newton | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxford... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199930418.013.4 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Date: | 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14722 |
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