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Émilie Du Châtelet on Space and Time (2021)

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Les Institutions de physique (1740/1742) d’Émilie Du Châtelet suscitent depuis peu un intérêt croissant dans le monde anglophone, chez les philosophes analytiques. Une question controversée concerne les concepts d’espace et de temps de Du Châtelet. Je soutiens que le débat actuel sous-estime l’approche modale et la tournure épistémologique des considérations de Du Châtelet sur l’espace et le temps. Un regard historique sur la critique d’Abraham Gotthelf Kästner et le plagiat de Du Châtelet par Jean Henry Samuel Formey souligne l’importance de ce tournant. Dans ce contexte, je revisite le réalisme spatio-temporel de Leonhard Euler et son influence sur Emmanuel Kant.

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Article Anne-Lise Rey (2021) Présentation : l’épistémologie inventive d’Émilie Du Châtelet. Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 235-263). unapi

Article Andrew Janiak (2021) Émilie Du Châtelet’s Break from the French Newtonians. Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 265-296). unapi

Article Guillaume Coissard (2021) Du Châtelet entre monadisme et atomisme : la matière dans les Institutions de physique. Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 297-329). unapi

Article Michel Toulmonde (2021) Des manuscrits scientifiques nouveaux d’Émilie Du Châtelet : lumière et optique. Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 357-379). unapi

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Dassonville, Patrice F.
Tatum, Brian Shane
Enrico Cinti
Joshua Norton
Williams, Jessica J.
Gilbert, Nora
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