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| Author(s): |
Daniel de Lara Oliveira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2011-08-29 |
| Examining board members: |
Sara Albieri;
Carlos Alberto Lungarzo;
Caetano Ernesto Plastino
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| Advisor: | Sara Albieri |
| Abstract | |
This research analyzes the reception of Isaac Newtons ideas which is expressed in the work of the Portuguese Luís António Verney (1713-1792). This is a case study on the Newtonianism, historical phenomenon of the Enlightenment culture, held here from an investigation of the conceptual understanding of Newton\'s natural philosophy reached by Verney, as well as some of the authors intentions to adopt certain modern science concepts and apply them in his educational project, aimed at a reform in the Portuguese education system. The analysis of Verneys text are problematized from issues of the empiricism, the mathematical tools and the mechanistic conception of nature, seeking to evaluate their relationships with Newtonian physics. Then, to understand deeply the concepts which worked in the following attempts to Verney: repel the influence of Jesuits on Portuguese education, avoid the possible contradictions between his Catholic faith and modern conceptions of natural philosophy and, eventually, embrace a physics which had presented to him as very promising for the kingdoms economic development. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/06891-9 - Newtonianism and Modern Science in Verdadeiro Método de Estudar (1746) |
| Grantee: | Daniel de Lara Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |