La philosophie de la matière de Galilée à Newton - article ; n°341 ; vol.92, pg 67-82
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The philosophy of matter from Galilei to Newton.
We are studying here the conceptions of matter thought out by the scientists of the XVIIth century until Newton who was to modify dramatically our view of the relations between bodies for two centuries. Since Aristote the notion of matter had remained very philosophical but it changed thoroughly in the XVIIth century. A more concrete and pragmatic investigation of real bodies began to develop along with the valid but sometimes sterile question about the essence of bodies. Descartes was still much of a metaphysician whereas Bacon praised pragmatism. Gassendi promoted the concepts of atoms and molecules, but his notion of atom remained philosophical and the English empiricists Bacon, Boyle and Newton spread out the corpuscular philosophy whithout truly indivisible atoms. Boyle named « elements » Gassendi's molecules. With Newton the notion of force gained ground but whereas Newton bound the vis inertiae to the quantity of matter or mass, he did not consider the force of attraction or gravitation as an essential property of matter.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
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