Tag: Isaac Newton
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On Newton’s World View
Quotes from Newton manuscripts according to David Castillejo. Alchemy. The Prophecies in Daniel and the Apocalypse. A History of the Church. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.
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Edward Dolnick: The Clockwork Universe
Quotes. Mathematics as Escape. Newton had Cracked the Code. Scientists and History. God-the-mathematician and Great Chain of Being. The Royal Society of London. Leeuwenhoek and sperm cells.
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Every Event has a Cause as Metaphysics
Quotes from Collingwood – An Essay on Metaphysics. Newton on Causation. Causation in History. Causation in Practical Natural Science.
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God as a Cosmic Operator
Quotes from Paul Feyerabend, The Tyranny of Science. History of discussions on stability of the the solar system. Newton believed that God must make corrections to keep stability.