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Carnap and Newton: Two Approaches to the Method of Theory Construction (Part II)

(Original title: Carnap and Newton: Two Approaches to the Method of Theory Construction (Part II))
Hanzel, Igor
Organon F, 2009, vol. 16, No 3, pp. 304-316.
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Abstract

The paper, as a continuation of the paper Hanzel (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 how the term “harmonic law” changes its meaning in the Principia.

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