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| Autore principale: | Molina-Betancur, Sebastián.
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| Titolo: | No hay reino que no sea newtoniano : José Celestino Mutis and the appropriation of Newton's experimental physics in New Granada, 1762-1804 / Sebastián Molina-Betancur. |
| Note: | Tesi di dottorato in Filosofia, XXXI ciclo, Università degli studi di Torino, 2018 Tutor: Gianluca Mori |
| Abstract: | This doctoral dissertation studies the specific way in which José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808) appropriated Newtonianism in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, analysing his own definition of what it is to be a "Newtonian". In his inaugural lectures for the courses of mathematics and physics at the Dominican Colegio del Rosario of Santafé de Bogotá, in 1762 and 1764, Mutis declared on multiple occasions to be a "Newtonian" and he defined la física experimental de Newton [Newton's experimental physics] in the frame of his defence of the enlightened useful sciences and the utility of mathematics for studying nature. Such appropriation of Newton's experimental philosophy may constitute a considerably important case study for understanding the impact of local contexts on the appropriation of Newtonianism. Since it encompassed discussions about the theoretical and methodological aspects of Newton's theories and the struggles of some individuals to establish them in a highly scholastic academic milieu - such as the one present in Santafé in the 1760s -, Mutis' diffusion of Newtonianism depicts the strategies he adopted for making Newton's experimental physics acceptable and attractive to his audience |
| Altri autori: | Mori, Gianluca.
Università degli studi (Torino). |
| Collezione tematica: | Tesi di dottorato di interesse storico-scientifico (Italia).
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