Émilie Du Châtelet on Space and Time
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2021.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Émilie Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics ( Institutions de physique, 1740/42) has recently been attracting increasing interest from analytical philosophy in the anglophone world. Du Châtelet’s conception of space and time constitutes a controversial issue. I argue that the current debate underestimates the modal approach and epistemological turn in Du Châtelet’s view on space and time. A historical perspective on Abraham Gotthelf Kästner’s criticism and Jean Henry Samuel Formey’s plagiarism of Du Châtelet underlines the significance of this turning point. Against this background, I revisit Leonhard Euler’s space-time realism and its influence on Immanuel Kant.
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Émilie Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics ( Institutions de physique, 1740/42) has recently been attracting increasing interest from analytical philosophy in the anglophone world. Du Châtelet’s conception of space and time constitutes a controversial issue. I argue that the current debate underestimates the modal approach and epistemological turn in Du Châtelet’s view on space and time. A historical perspective on Abraham Gotthelf Kästner’s criticism and Jean Henry Samuel Formey’s plagiarism of Du Châtelet underlines the significance of this turning point. Against this background, I revisit Leonhard Euler’s space-time realism and its influence on Immanuel Kant.
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