Michael Buckley SJ: God in the Project of Newtonian Mechanics

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Fr. Michael Buckley, S. J., examines two questions in this scholarly paper: With what legitimacy does the theological question emerge in Newtonian mechanics? How does Newton move methodologically to its resolution?

From Newton and the New Direction in Science (Vatican: Vatican Obs. Publ. 1988), ed: George Coyne, Michael Heller, Jozef Zycinski

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Buckley God in Newtonian Physics