ABSTRACT

This is Volume III of six in a series on the Philosophy of Science. Originally published in 1924, this book presents a historical and critical essay on Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science.

chapter I|22 pages

Introduction

chapter II|38 pages

Copernicus and Kepler

chapter III|35 pages

Galileo

chapter IV|21 pages

Descartes

chapter V|38 pages

Seventeenth-Century English Philosophy

chapter VI|47 pages

Gilbert and Boyle

chapter VII|98 pages

The Metaphysics of Newton

chapter VIII|25 pages

Conclusion