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Cambridge University Press Newton as Philosopher
Book SynopsisNewton's philosophical views are unique and uniquely difficult to categorise. In the course of a long career from the early 1670s until his death in 1727, he articulated profound responses to Cartesian natural philosophy and to the prevailing mechanical philosophy of his day. Newton as Philosopher presents Newton as an original and sophisticated contributor to natural philosophy, one who engaged with the principal ideas of his most important predecessor, Renà Descartes, and of his most influential critic, G. W. Leibniz. Unlike Descartes and Leibniz, Newton was systematic and philosophical without presenting a philosophical system, but over the course of his life, he developed a novel picture of nature, our place within it, and its relation to the creator. This rich treatment of his philosophical ideas will be of wide interest to historians of philosophy, science, and ideas.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Newton as Philosopher is the best and most comprehensive discussion now available of Newton's philosophical views and their relationship with his physics - especially in connection with such vexed issues as the existence of forces, action at a distance, and God's relation to 'absolute space'. It is particularly remarkable for the way in which it very illuminatingly situates these issues within the wider context of early modern philosophy more generally.' Michael Friedman, Stanford UniversityReview of the hardback: 'Janiak argues strongly for Newton as a philosopher, and gives a bold and compelling account of what he labels 'Newton's physical metaphysics'. Because it details the close relationship between natural philosophy and traditional metaphysical themes, his book will engage not only historians of eighteenth-century ideas but also those philosophers of physics who examine historically foundational physical concepts such as space, time and mass.' Christopher Kenny, University of Leeds'… fulfils the task successfully, and proves the good that can come from combining a historically accurate account with a philosophically compelling analysis … Janiak masterfully steers his interpretive analysis through an extraordinarily rich historical material, while the philosophically rigorous narrative takes the reader from one chapter to the next in a compelling way. The final result is a brilliant book that has an important story to tell about Newton's "physical metaphysics" and it makes it an occasion for a thousand wider meditations … Janiak's Newton sheds new light on the vexed issue of the relationship between Newton's physics and his metaphysical and religious beliefs, and on how the latter informed and illuminated the former … Janiak's monograph offers an essential contribution to the ever-growing field of history and philosophy of science, and proves once more what can be achieved by masterfully integrating intellectual history of science with philosophy.' The Journal of PhilosophyTable of ContentsPreface; Notes on text and translations; 1. Newton as philosopher, the very idea; 2. Physics and metaphysics: three interpretations; 3. Do forces exist? Contesting the mechanical philosophy, I; 4. Matter and mechanism: contesting the mechanical philosophy, II; 5. Space in physics and metaphysics: contra Descartes; 6. God and natural philosophy; Bibliography; index.
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Cambridge University Press Darwinian Heresies
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Cambridge University Press Making Sense of Heritability Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Book SynopsisIn this book, Neven Sesardic defends the view that it is both possible and useful to measure the separate contributions of heredity and environment to the explanation of human psychological differences. He critically examines the view - very widely accepted by scientists, social scientists and philosophers of science - that heritability estimates have no causal implications and are devoid of any interest. In a series of clearly written chapters he introduces the reader to the problems and subjects the arguments to close philosophical scrutiny. His conclusion is that anti-heritability arguments are based on conceptual confusions and misunderstandings of behavioural genetics. His book is a fresh and compelling intervention in a very contentious debate.Trade Review"This si an intelligent book that addresses one of the most controversial and emotional debates that has occurred in psychology over the last half of the 20th century." - David A. Mrazek, PsycCritiquesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The nature-nurture debate: a premature burial?; 2. A tangle of interactions: separating genetic and environmental influences; 3. Lost in correlations? Direct and indirect genetic causes; 4. From individuals to groups: genetics and race; 5. Genes and malleability; 6. Science and sensitivity; 7. Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Genetics and Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Evidence for the Top Quark
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Cambridge University Press Thinking about Evolution
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Cambridge University Press Serendipity Fortune and the Prepared Mind Darwin College Lectures
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Cambridge University Press Genetic Analysis
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Cambridge University Press Objecting to God
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Cambridge University Press Form and Function in Developmental Evolution
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsches AntiDarwinism
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Cambridge University Press The Species Problem
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Cambridge University Press Explanation and Teleology in Aristotles Science of Nature
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Cambridge University Press Perception Realism and the Problem of Reference
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge IGCSE Physics Teachers Resource CDROM Cambridge International IGCSE
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Cambridge University Press Nominalism and Realism Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting the various forms of nominalism and 'Platonic' realism.Table of ContentsPart I. Preliminaries: 1. Predicates; Part II. Theories of Universals: 2. Predicate nominalism; 3. Concept nominalism; 4. Class nominalism; 5. Resemblance nominalism; 6. Arguments for realism; 7. Transcendent universals; 8. Properties and relations as particulars; Part III. Particulars: 9. Are particulars reducible to universals?; 10. The Lockean account of particulars; 11. Particulars and universals; 12. A world-hypothesis.
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Cambridge University Press Probability and Evidence Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Literacy in Traditional Societies
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Cambridge University Press The Investigation of the Physical World
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Cambridge University Press The Limits of Concept Formation in Natural Science
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Cambridge University Press Philosophical Papers Volume 2 Philosophy and the Human Sciences Cambridge Paperback Library
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Cambridge University Press Particles and Paradoxes
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Science Studies The Philosophical and Social Aspects of Science and Technology
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Cambridge University Press The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science Keplers A Defence of Tycho against Ursus with Essays on its Provenance and Significance
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Cambridge University Press Defending Einstein
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Cambridge University Press The Chain of Change
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Cambridge University Press Defining Science William Whewell Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain 27 Ideas in Context Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press The Shape of Space
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Cambridge University Press Complexity and Evolution
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Cambridge University Press The Shape of Space
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Cambridge University Press Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Immune Self
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Cambridge University Press Explaining Chaos
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Cambridge University Press Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Purpose in the Living World
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Cambridge University Press Reflection Without Rules
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Cambridge University Press Talking about Life Conversations on Astrobiology
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Cambridge University Press Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
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Cambridge University Press Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Religion Science and Worldview
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Cambridge University Press Goethe contra Newton
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Cambridge University Press The Self in Neuroscience and Psychiatry
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Cambridge University Press Consistent Quantum Theory
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Cambridge University Press Defining Science
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Cambridge University Press Shaping Deduction Greek Mathematics A Study in Cognitive History 51 Ideas in Context Series Number 51
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution of Darwinism
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Carnap Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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