Article ID: CBB001214286

`s Gravesande's Appropriation of Newton's Natural Philosophy, Part II: Methodological Issues (2014)

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It has been suggested in the literature that, although Willem Jacob `s Gravesande occasionally treated Newton's doctrines in a selective manner, he was nevertheless an unremitting follower of Newton's methodology. As part of a reassessment of `s Gravesande's Newtonianism, I argue that, although `s Gravesande took over key terms of Newton's methodological canon, his methodological ideas are upon close scrutiny quite different from and occasionally even incongruent with Newton's views on the matter.

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Authors & Contributors
Guicciardini, Niccolò
Nyden, Tammy
Casini, Paolo
Schliesser, Erick
Schliesser, Eric
Demeter, Tamás
Journals
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
Perspectives on Science
Publishers
Pavia University Press
Springer International Publishing
University of Chicago Press
Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura
Carocci Editore
Brepols
Concepts
Newtonianism
Physics
Natural philosophy
Methodology of science; scientific method
Philosophy of science
Mechanics
People
Newton, Isaac
Gravesande, Willem Jakob van's
Locke, John
Kant, Immanuel
Volder, Burchardus de
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Places
Europe
France
Great Britain
England
Netherlands
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