Henry More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's Aether
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Henry More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's Aether
Original language description
The paper presents the notion of "Spirit of Nature" in Henry More and describes its position within More's philosophical system. Through a thorough analysis, it tries to show in what respects it can be considered a scientific object (especially taking into account the goals of More's natural philosophy) and in what respects it cannot. In the second part of this paper, More's "Spirit of Nature" is compared to Newton's various attempts at presenting a metaphysical cause of the force of gravity, using the similarities between the two to see this notorious problem of Newton scholarship in a new light. One thus sees that if Newton drew from Stoic and Neo-Platonic theories of aether or soul of the world, we need to fully acknowledge the fact that these substances were traditionally of a non-dualistic, half-corporeal, half-spiritual nature. Both More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's aether can thus be understood as different attempts at incorporating such a pneumatic theory into the framework of modern physics, as it was then being formed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-06802S" target="_blank" >GA15-06802S: Renaissance Philosophy and Science</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Teorie vědy / Theory of Science
ISSN
1210-0250
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
38
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
337-358
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85019101406