CARNAP AND NEWTON: TWO APPROACHES TO THE METHOD OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION (PART II)

• Authors: Hanzel Igor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper, as a continuation of the paper (Hanzel I., Carnap and Newton: Two approaches to the method of theory construction (Part I), ORGANON F, 2, 2009), provides a methodological generalization of Newton's method of theory construction as applied in Book I and Book III of his 'Principia'. It reconstructs also the method of measures applied in those books. Finally, it shows that Book I and Book III of the Principia can be viewed as a hierarchically organized sequence of gradually shifting constructions, and thus that the term 'harmonic law' inside these books changes its meaning.

Keywords

EN

METHOD OF MEASURES; METHOD OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION; NEWTON ISAAC (PRINCIPIA)

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 304-316
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hanzel Igor

• Igor Hanzel, Katedra logiky a metodologie vied, Filozoficka fakulta, Univerzita Komenskeho, Safarikovo nam. 6, 818 01 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/organon

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA07042