David Marshall Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Marshall Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Marshall |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5547-7285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
The early modern era produced the Scientific Revolution, which originated our present understanding of the natural world. Concurrently, philosophers established the conceptual foundations of modernity. This rich and comprehensive volume surveys and illuminates the numerous and complicated interconnections between philosophical and scientific thought as both were radically transformed from the late sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century. The chap…
Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
Galileo’s impractical science
Friedman, Galileo, and Reciprocal Iteration
In Dynamics of Reason , Michael Friedman uses the example of Galilean rectilinear inertia to support his defense of scientific rationality against postpositivist skepticism. However, Friedman's treatment of the case is flawed, such that his model of scientific change fails to fit the historical evidence. I present the case of Galileo, showing how it supports Friedman's view of scientific knowledge but undermines his view of scientific change. I t…
Qualities, Properties, and Laws in Newton's Induction
Newton's argument for universal gravitation in the Principia eventually rested on the third “Rule of Philosophizing,” which warrants the generalization of “qualities of bodies.” An analysis of the rule and the history of its development indicate that the term ‘quality’ should be taken to include both inherent properties of bodies and relations among systems of bodies, generalized into ‘laws'. By incorporating law-induction into the rule, Newton c…
The Thirty Years War and the Galileo Affair
Qualities, Properties, and Laws in Newton's Induction
Newton's argument for universal gravitation in the Principia eventually rested on the third “Rule of Philosophizing,” which warrants the generalization of “qualities of bodies.” An analysis of the rule and the history of its development indicate that the term ‘quality’ should be taken to include both inherent properties of bodies and relations among systems of bodies, generalized into ‘laws'. By incorporating law-induction into the rule, Newton c…
The Thirty Years War and the Galileo Affair
Qualities, Properties, and Laws in Newton's Induction
Newton's argument for universal gravitation in the Principia eventually rested on the third “Rule of Philosophizing,” which warrants the generalization of “qualities of bodies.” An analysis of the rule and the history of its development indicate that the term ‘quality’ should be taken to include both inherent properties of bodies and relations among systems of bodies, generalized into ‘laws'. By incorporating law-induction into the rule, Newton c…
Friedman, Galileo, and Reciprocal Iteration
In Dynamics of Reason , Michael Friedman uses the example of Galilean rectilinear inertia to support his defense of scientific rationality against postpositivist skepticism. However, Friedman's treatment of the case is flawed, such that his model of scientific change fails to fit the historical evidence. I present the case of Galileo, showing how it supports Friedman's view of scientific knowledge but undermines his view of scientific change. I t…
Galileo’s impractical science
The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
The early modern era produced the Scientific Revolution, which originated our present understanding of the natural world. Concurrently, philosophers established the conceptual foundations of modernity. This rich and comprehensive volume surveys and illuminates the numerous and complicated interconnections between philosophical and scientific thought as both were radically transformed from the late sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century. The chap…
Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History of Science and Medicine (4 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Galileo (satellite navigation) (2 works) · Geodesy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)