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
Casini, Paolo
Schliesser, Erick
Schliesser, Eric
Demeter, Tamás
Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard
Concepts
Newtonianism
Physics
Natural philosophy
Methodology of science; scientific method
Philosophy of science
Popularization
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Netherlands
Spain
France
Institutions
Universität Cádiz
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