{"title":"Newton's experimental proofs","authors":"T. Lampert","doi":"10.1387/THEORIA.21155","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Newton claims that his theorems in the Opticks are derived from experiments alone. e paper explains this dictum by relating Newton’s proof method to an iconic conception of proof as opposed to a symbolic one. eorems are not derived from hypotheses; instead properties of light are identi ed by experimental properties based on rules of inductive reasoning.","PeriodicalId":45699,"journal":{"name":"THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA","volume":"40 1-8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1387/THEORIA.21155","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Newton claims that his theorems in the Opticks are derived from experiments alone. e paper explains this dictum by relating Newton’s proof method to an iconic conception of proof as opposed to a symbolic one. eorems are not derived from hypotheses; instead properties of light are identi ed by experimental properties based on rules of inductive reasoning.
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