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Newton and Spinoza:On Motion and Matter(and God,of Course)
Newton, Spinoza Clarke More Maclaurin Matter Motion
2016/5/31
This study explores several arguments against BENEDICTUS DE Spinoza Spinoza’s philosophy that were developed by Henry More, Samuel Clarke, and Colin Maclaurin. In the arguments on which I focus, More,...
The standard view in epistemology is that propositional knowledge entails belief. Positive arguments are seldom given for this entailment thesis, however; instead, its truth is typically assumed. Agai...
Without God: Gravity as a Relational Property of Matter in Newton
Newton, gravity, matter-theory, action at a distance, field ontology, empiricism
2011/9/8
In this paper I interpret Newton’s speculative treatment of gravity as a relational, accidental property of matter that arises through what Newton calls “the shared action” of two bodies of matter. In...
Newton's Metaphysics of Space: A "Tertium Quid" Betwixt Substantivalism and relationism, or merely a "God of the (Rational Mechanical) Gaps"?
Space and Time, Newton, physics
2011/9/8
This paper investigates the question of, and the degree to which, Newton’s theory of space constitutes a third-way between the traditional substantivalist and relationist ontologies, i.e., that Newton...
Scientific Realism and the God's Eye Point of View
God's eye point of view internal realism Hilary Putnam
2008/4/22
According to scientific realism, the aim of science is to discover the truth about both observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent, objective reality, which we inhabit. It has been ob...
God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence
fine-tuning argument argument from design
2008/4/14
The fundamental constants that are involved in the laws of physics which describe our universe are finely-tuned for life, in the sense that if some of the constants had slightly different values life ...
I wanted certainty in the kind of way in which people want religious faith. I thought that certainty was more likely to be found in mathematics than elsewhere. But I discovered that many mathematical ...
Newton's Metaphysics of Space: A “Tertium Quid” betwixt Substantivalism and Relationism, or merely A “God of the (Rational Mechanical) Gaps”?
Newton space force substantivalism relationism Cambridge neo-Platonism
2008/3/31
This paper investigates the question of, and the degree to which, Newton’s theory of space constitutes a third-way between the traditional substantivalist and relationist ontologies, i.e., that Newton...
The God of Matter, The God of Geometry:The Connection Between Descartes' Math and Metaphysics
Descartes Geometry
2008/3/31
Building on the work of Henk Bos and John Schuster, I will examine how the story of Descartes-the-philosopher and Descartes-the-mathematician proceeds in the years immediately following 1628. Specific...
The God of Matter, The God of Geometry: The Connection Between Descartes' Math and Metaphysics
Descartes, Geometry
2011/9/7
Building on the work of Henk Bos and John Schuster, I will examine how the story of Descartes-the-philosopher and Descartes-the-mathematician proceeds in the years immediately following 1628. Specific...