Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics
This article offers a discussion of Duhemian analysis of Newton's method in the Principia considering both the traditional response to this analysis (Popper et alii) and the more recent ones (Harper et alii). It is argued that in General Scholium to the Principia, Newton is not advocating what...
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| description | This article offers a discussion of Duhemian analysis of Newton's method in the Principia considering both the traditional response to this analysis (Popper et alii) and the more recent ones (Harper et alii). It is argued that in General Scholium to the Principia, Newton is not advocating what Duhem suggests in his best-known criticism, but he is proposing something very close to the establishment of a logical priority of physics over metaphysics, a familiar thesis defended by the French physicist himself. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45eb7a35e81a40e4a06c43a9eeaae3032022-12-22T00:49:23ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science2526-22702017-06-01271910.24117/2526-2270.2017.i2.03Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over MetaphysicsEduardo Salles de Oliveira Barra0Ricardo Batista dos Santos1Federal University of ParanáFederal University of ParanáThis article offers a discussion of Duhemian analysis of Newton's method in the Principia considering both the traditional response to this analysis (Popper et alii) and the more recent ones (Harper et alii). It is argued that in General Scholium to the Principia, Newton is not advocating what Duhem suggests in his best-known criticism, but he is proposing something very close to the establishment of a logical priority of physics over metaphysics, a familiar thesis defended by the French physicist himself.http://www.historiographyofscience.org/index.php/transversal/article/view/39/45Pierre DuhemNewton ; universal gravitation; Newtonian method; PrincipiaNewtonuniversal gravitationNewtonian methodPrincipia |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Salles de Oliveira Barra Ricardo Batista dos Santos Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science Pierre Duhem Newton ; universal gravitation; Newtonian method; Principia Newton universal gravitation Newtonian method Principia |
| title | Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics |
| title_full | Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics |
| title_fullStr | Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics |
| title_short | Duhem’s Analysis of Newtonian Method and the Logical Priority of Physics over Metaphysics |
| title_sort | duhem s analysis of newtonian method and the logical priority of physics over metaphysics |
| topic | Pierre Duhem Newton ; universal gravitation; Newtonian method; Principia Newton universal gravitation Newtonian method Principia |
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