Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy in Descartes and Newton

Foundations of Science 18 (3):403-417 (2013)
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This paper compares Newton’s and Descartes’s conceptions of the complex relationship between physics and metaphysics

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10.1007/s10699-011-9277-0

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Newton as Philosopher.Andrew Janiak - 2008 - New York: Cambridge University Press.

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