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Do Newton’s rules of reasoning guarantee truth … must they?

Newton’s Principia introduces four rules of reasoning for natural philosophy. Although useful, there is a concern about whether Newton’s rules guarantee truth. After redirecting the discussion from truth to validity, I show that these rules are valid insofar as they fulfill Goodman’s criteria for in...

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Autor principal: Spencer, Quayshawn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134605/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.02.001