Newton’s Challenge to Philosophy: A Programmatic Essay

Hopos: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 1 (1):101-128 (2011)
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I identify a set of interlocking views that became (and still are) very influential within philosophy in the wake of Newton’s success. These views use the authority of natural philosophy/mechanics to settle debates within philosophy. I label these “Newton’s Challenge.”

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