Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?

Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?

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The interpretation of Isaac Newton’s texts has sparked controversy to this day. One of the most heated debates relates to the action between two bodies distant from each other (the gravitational attraction), and to what extent Newton involved God in … Read More

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Newton’s action at a distance – Different views

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Different authors have attempted to clarify the aspects of remote action and God’s involvement on the basis of textual investigations, mainly from the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, (Newton, 1999b) Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley (1692/93), (Bentley 1693) and Queries … Read More