Newton: From Certainty to Probability?
Newton's earliest publications contained scandalous epistemological claims: not only did he aim for certainty; he also claimed success. Some commentators argue that Newton ultimately gave up claims of certainty in favor of a high degree of probability. I argue that no such shift occurred. I examine...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 84; no. 5; pp. 866 - 879 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2017
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