Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton (International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées Book 205)

Emilie du Châtelet was one of the most influential woman philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her writings on natural philosophy, physics, and mechanics had a decisive impact on important scientific debates of the 18th century. Particularly, she took an innovative and outstanding position in the controversy between Newton and Leibniz, one of the fundamental scientific discourses of that time. The contributions in this volume focus on this "Leibnitian turn". They analyze the nature and motivation of Emilie du Châtelet's synthesis of Newtonian and Leibnitian philosophy. Apart from the __Institutions Physiques__ they deal with Emilie du Châtelet's annotated translation of Isaac Newton's __Principia__. The chapters presented here collectively demonstrate that her work was an essential contribution to the mediation between empiricist and rationalist positions in the history of science. Emilie Du Châtelet Between Leibniz And Newton / Ruth Hagengruber -- In The Spirit Of Leibniz : Two Approaches From 1742 / Hartmut Hecht -- Between Newton And Leibnitz : Emilie Du Châtelet And Samuel Clarke / Sarah Hutton -- Sancti Bernoulli Orate Pro Nobis : Emilie Du Châtelet's Rediscovered Essai Sur L'optique And Her Relation To The Mathematicians From Basel / Fritz Nagel -- Leonhard Euler And Emilie Du Châtelet : On The Post-newtonian Development Of Mechanics / Dieter Suisky -- Leibniz's Quantity Of Force : A Heresy? : Emilie Du Châtelet's Institutions In The Context Of The Vis Viva Controversy / Andrea Reichenberger -- From Translation To Philosophical Discourse : Emilie Du Châtelet's Commentaries On Newton And Leibniz / Ursula Winter. Ruth Hagengruber, Editor. [papers Presented At] The Conference On Emilie Du Châtelet In Honor Of Her 300th Birthday ... [held] At The Research Center For European Enlightenment In The Autumn Of 2006 In Potsdam--page V. Emilie Du Châtelet, A Bibliography [by] Ana Rodrigues: Pages 207-246. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 207-246) And Index. Also Available Online. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Emilie du Châtelet Between Leibniz and Newton: The Transformation of Metaphysics....Pages 1-59 In the Spirit of Leibniz – Two Approaches from 1742....Pages 61-75 Between Newton and Leibniz: Emilie du Châtelet and Samuel Clarke....Pages 77-95 “Sancti Bernoulli orate pro nobis”. Emilie du Châtelet’s Rediscovered Essai sur l’optique and Her Relation to the Mathematicians from Basel....Pages 97-112 Leonhard Euler and Emilie du Châtelet. On the Post-Newtonian Development of Mechanics....Pages 113-155 Leibniz’s Quantity of Force: A ‘Heresy’? Emilie du Châtelet’s Institutions in the Context of the Vis Viva Controversy....Pages 157-171 From Translation to Philosophical Discourse – Emilie du Châtelet’s Commentaries on Newton and Leibniz....Pages 173-206 Emilie du Châtelet, a Bibliography....Pages 207-246 Back Matter....Pages 247-253 Emilie du Chatelet was one of the most influential woman philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her writings on natural philosophy, physics, and mechanics had a decisive impact on important scientific debates of the 18th century. Particularly, she took an innovative and outstanding position in the controversy between Newton and Leibniz, one of the fundamental scientific discourses of that time. The contributions in this volume focus on this "Leibnitian turn". They analyze the nature and motivation of Emilie du Chatelet's synthesis of Newtonian and Leibnitian philosophy. Apart from the In Apart from the Institutions Physiques they deal with Emilie du Chatelet's annotated translation of Isaac Newton's Principia.The chapters presented here collectively demonstrate that her work was an essential contribution to the mediation between empiricist and rationalist positions in the history of science.