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9Mathématiques et connaissance du monde réel avant Galilée. Series : Histoire des savoirs (review)Annals of Science 70 (4): 574-575. 2013.No abstract
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9Whewell's metaphorical usage of light and the ultimate reality underlying itSemiotica 2008 (172): 269-278. 2008.In this article, I seek to study Whewell as writer of philosophical doctrines by focusing on his frequent usage of the metaphor of light, which symbolized (human) knowledge. It is my primary claim that Whewell choose to visually illustrate his doctrine of Fundamental Ideas, which are the bearers of ultimate reality and meaning in Whewell's epistemology, by means some key metaphors that made reference to light.
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9""Optical versus Mechanical Models: Newton's" Failure" to Construct an Optical TheoryLogique Et Analyse 49 (194): 199-223. 2006.
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8Secularizerende Tendenzen in Isaac Newtons Onto-theologieAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 98 (1): 18-33. 2005.
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8Using one’s talents in honor of God: Lambert ten Kate (1674-1731) and Isaac Newton’s natural philosophyScience in Context 34 (1): 25-50. 2021.ArgumentLambert ten Kate (1674-1731), the scholar of language, religious writer, art theoretician and collector, and natural philosophy enthusiast, was part of an informal network of Amsterdam-based mathematics and natural philosophy enthusiasts who played a pivotal role in the early diffusion of Newton’s natural philosophical ideas in the Dutch Republic. Because Ten Kate contributed to several areas of research, it is worth asking whether connections can be found between his different scholarly…Read more
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8‘s Gravesande's Appropriation of Newton's Natural Philosophy, Part II: Methodological IssuesCentaurus 56 (2): 97-120. 2014.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 matte…Read more
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8La via delle acque (1500–1700). Appropriazione delle arti e trasformazione delle matematiche (review)Annals of Science 71 (1): 104-1056. 2014.Book review of Cesare Maffioli: La via delle acque arti e trasformazione delle matematiche. Firenze: L.S. Olschki 2010. 352 pp.
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7Review of The Body of the Artisan (author: Pamela H. Smith) (review)British Journal for the History of Philosophy 13 (3): 361-363. 2005.
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7Different shades of Newton: Herman Boerhaave on Newton mathematicus, philosophus, and optico-chemicusAnnals of Science 74 (2): 108-125. 2017.SUMMARYIn this paper I will probe into Herman Boerhaave's appropriation of Isaac Newton's natural philosophy. It will be shown that Newton's work served multiple purposes in Boerhaave's oeuvre, for he appropriated Newton's work differently in different contexts and in different episodes in his career. Three important episodes in, and contexts of, Boerhaave's appropriation of Newton's natural philosophical ideas and methods will be considered: 1710–11, the time of his often neglected lectures on …Read more
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3pt. 1. Newton's causal methodology -- pt. 2. Newton's methodology : "the best way of arguing in natural philosophy" -- pt. 3. Newton's theology.
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1Pamela H. Smith: The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific RevolutionBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 13 (3): 575. 2005.
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1Review of" Galileo observed: Science and the politics of belief" (review)Annals of Science 64 (3): 430-431. 2007.
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1Recensie Hans Radder, The World Observed/The World ConceivedAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 3 308-309. 2007.
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Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart. Practical Matter. Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and EmpireEarly Science and Medicine 11 (1): 126. 2006.
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Ch. 4. Whewell's philosophy of scienceIn W. J. Mander (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press. 2014.
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Seculariserende tendensen in Newtons onto-theologieAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 98 (1). 2006.
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Laat ons niet ernstig blijven, Huldeboek voor Jean Paul Van Bendegem (edited book)Academia Press. 2018.
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The World Observed/The World Conceived (review)Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 4. 2007.
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17th/18th Century Philosophy |
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General Philosophy of Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |