Metaphysical Newton

Authors

  • Eduardo Simões

Keywords:

Newton. Metaphysics. Absolute Space. Absolute Time. Ether.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the thought of Isaac Newton beyond the boundaries of experimental physics. It is an effort in, even knowing the genius of the English scientist objectivity, demonstrate that his theory escapes the field of physics to metaphysics when entering into its gravitational theory unprovable elements, such as absolute space, absolute time, ether, etc. The Newton’s behavior reflects a common practice to scientific theories that, even without explicit admission of Science, compared to the absence of the material counterpart of the theory, introduces ad hoc elements, whose function is to maintain the formal and universal identity system.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Simões, E. (2015). Metaphysical Newton. Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 7(13). Retrieved from http://200.129.40.241/argumentos/article/view/19098

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 13

Section

Varia

License

Argumentos magazine is licensed under an International Creative Commons Attribution License.

The Magazine uses CC BY inclusion

1) The authors retain the copyright granted to the magazine or the right to initial publication, with the work regularly licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution, which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this magazine.

2) The authors are authorized to contract additional applicable contracts, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (for example, publication in the institutional repository or as a chapter of the book), recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

3) Authors are authorized and encourage to publish and distribute their work online (for example, in institutional repositories or on their personal pages) at any time before or during the editorial process, as they can generate productive changes, as well as increase the impact and reference of published work.