Emilie du Chatelet between Leibniz and Newton

Famous as "Emilia Newtonmania" Emilie du Chatelet was a well-known defender of Newtons empiricism on the European continent, particularly in France. Claiming, that physics is always built on metaphysics, she changed her position and integrated some elements of Leibnizian philosophy. Thus she became [...]
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Famous as "Emilia Newtonmania" Emilie du Chatelet was a well-known defender of Newtons empiricism on the European continent, particularly in France. Claiming, that physics is always built on metaphysics, she changed her position and integrated some elements of Leibnizian philosophy. Thus she became one of the most influential philosophers of Enlightenment in Europe. Her writings on natural philosophy, physics and mechanics, translated in German and Italian, had a decisive impact on the important scientific debates of the 18th century, also on Kant. Particularly, she took an innovative and outstanding position within the controversy between Newton and Leibniz, one of the fundamental scientific discourses of that time.