Émilie du Châtelet and the foundations of physical science
著者
書誌事項
Émilie du Châtelet and the foundations of physical science
（Routledge focus on philosophy）
Routledge, 2019
- : hbk
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-113) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The centerpiece of Emilie Du Chatelet's philosophy of science is her Foundations of Physics, first published in 1740. The Foundations contains epistemology, metaphysics, methodology, mechanics, and physics, including such pressing issues of the time as whether there are atoms, the appropriate roles of God and of hypotheses in scientific theorizing, how (if at all) bodies are capable of acting on one another, and whether gravity is an action-at-a-distance force. Du Chatelet sought to resolve these issues within a single philosophical framework that builds on her critique and appraisal of all the leading alternatives (Cartesian, Newtonian, Leibnizian, and so forth) of the period. The text is remarkable for being the first to attempt such a synthetic project, and even more so for the accessibility and clarity of the writing. This book argues that Du Chatelet put her finger on the central problems that lay at the intersection of physics and metaphysics at the time, and tackled them drawing on the most up-to-date resources available. It will be a useful source for students and scholars interested in the history and philosophy of science, and in the impact of women philosophers in the early modern period.
目次
1. Introduction
2. Method
3. Matter, Body, Force
4. Bodies in Action
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