Henry More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's Aether
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Henry More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's Aether
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
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.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Henry More's "Spirit of Nature" and Newton's Aether
Popis výsledku anglicky
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.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>SC</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA15-06802S" target="_blank" >GA15-06802S: Renesanční filosofie a věda</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2017
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Teorie vědy / Theory of Science
ISSN
1210-0250
e-ISSN
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Svazek periodika
38
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
3
Stát vydavatele periodika
CZ - Česká republika
Počet stran výsledku
22
Strana od-do
337-358
Kód UT WoS článku
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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85019101406