Maupertuis’s Principle of Least Action: Epistemology and Metaphysics
The paper deals with Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’s (1698-1759) writings on the principle of least action (PLA). I discuss Maupertuis’s philosophical interpretation of the PLA by analysing three of his papers (1740, 1744, 1746), in order to assess the overall consistency of his argument. As I s...
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University of Bologna
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Montesquieu.it |
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| Online Access: | https://montesquieu.unibo.it/article/view/9029 |