Philosophy of Science

Iliffe, Rob

doi:10.1017/chol9780521572439.012

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‘S Gravesande On Newton's Methodological Contribution1

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“…In his experimental work, ‘s Gravesande promoted ‘demonstration devices which physically realized Newtonian principles before the eyes of a large audience’ (cf. Schofield, , p. 141; Iliffe, , p. 281) . In Book I, Part III, Chapter XXIII, ‘s Gravesande, for instance, established experimentally that a body which is retained in a curve by a force which tends to a centre describes areas proportional to the time around that centre and vice versa (‘s Gravesande, , I, p. 135) .…”

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‘s Gravesande's Appropriation of Newton's Natural Philosophy, Part II: Methodological Issues

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It has been suggested in the literature that, although Willem Jacob 's Gravesande occasionally treated Newton's doctrines in a selective manner, he was nevertheless an unremitting follower of Newton's methodology. As part of a reassessment of 's Gravesande's Newtonianism, I argue that, although 's Gravesande took over key terms of Newton's methodological canon, his methodological ideas are upon close scrutiny quite different from and occasionally even incongruent with Newton's views on the matter.

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