Interactions between Science and Philosophy: Newton on Space and Body

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Lecture

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Lecture

Abstract

This talk presents some results of Carey James (C.J.) Majeski’s summer research project under Professor S. Wykstra, funded by a McGregor fellowship. C.J. describes so me aspects of the collaborative research experience, with some reflections on how Christian faith and academic research interact. He introduces a key selection from "On Gravity and the Equilibrium of Fluids" by Isaac Newton. It shows a strong philosophical side of Newton’s thought, in which his theological commitments seem to actively inform--in some surprising ways--the conceptual foundations of his physics, both in his treatment of the concept of space and of material body.

Publication Date

10-17-2008

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