Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and NewtonRuth Hagengruber Emilie du Châtelet was one of the most influential philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her writings on natural philosophy, physics and mechanics had a decisive impact on the important scientific debates of the 18th century. Most notably, she took a novel and distinctive position in one of the fundamental scientific discourses of the day, the controversy between Newton and Leibniz. The contributors to this volume focus on du Châtelet's synthesis of Newtonian and Leibnitian philosophy. The contributions presented here combine to confirm the work of this exceptional philosopher as an essential contribution to the mediation between empiricist and rationalist positions in the history of science. |
Contents
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In the Spirit of Leibniz Two Approaches from 1742 | 61 |
Emilie du Châtelet and Samuel Clarke | 76 |
Sancti Bernoulli orate pro nobis Emilie du Châtelets Rediscovered Essai sur loptique and Her Relation to the Mathematicians from Basel | 97 |
Leonhard Euler and Emilie du Châtelet On the PostNewtonian Development of Mechanics | 113 |
A Heresy? Emilie du Châtelets Institutions in the Context of the Vis Viva Controversy | 156 |
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