Newton's Metaphysics: Essays

ISBN-13: 9780197567692 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 328 str.

Eric Schliesser

Recenzje

Schliesser's essays are at the cutting edge of current research on Newton's philosophy. Important interpretive issues in Newton's treatment of space, causation, gravity, scientific method, and the role of God in the natural world are here addressed by one of the world's leading experts. The contributions to our understanding of Newton's treatment of time and of the relationship of his system of thought to Spinoza's are especially noteworthy. The breadth of the topics will encourage many readers interested in philosophy and science who have not yet studied Newton to discover reasons that they should.

O autorze

Eric Schliesser is Professor of Political Science, with a focus on Political Theory, at the University of Amsterdam. In addition, he is Visiting Scholar at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, Chapman University. His research encompasses a variety of themes, ranging from the history of the natural sciences and forgotten 18th-century feminists to political theory, the history of political theory, and the assumptions used in mathematical economics. His interest in the influence of the Chicago school of economics has increasingly moved his research toward the study of the methodology and political role of economists as experts. His publications include his monograph, Adam Smith: Systematic philosopher and Public Thinker (2017), and with Sandrine Bergès, the translated and edited collection, Sophie de Grouchy's Letters on Sympathy: A Critical Engagement with Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments (2019). He has edited numerous volumes including (inter alia) Newton and empiricism, with Zvi Biener, 2014; Sympathy, a History of a Concept (2015); and Ten Neglected Classics of philosophy (2017). Together with Chris Smeenk he is editing the Oxford Handbook of Newton. He keeps a daily blog Digressionsnimpressions.