Was Newton a Voluntarist?

Abstract

Preface; J.E. Force, S. Hutton. Introduction; M.J. Osler. 1. The New Newtonian Scholarship and the Fate of the Scientific Revolution; M.J. Osler. 2. Plans for Publishing Newton's Religious and Alchemical Manuscripts, 1982-1998; R.H. Popkin. 3. Digitizing Newton: The Newton Project and an Electronic Edition of Newton's Papers; R. Iliffe. 4. Was Newton a Voluntarist? P. Harrison. 5. Providence and Newton's Pantokrator: Natural Law, Miracles and Newtonian Science; J.E. Force. 6. Eighteenth-Century Reactions to Newton's Anti-Trinitarianism; S. Mandelbrote. 7. Prosecuting Athanasius: Protestant Forensics and the Mirrors of Persecution; R. Iliffe. 8. Lust, Pride and Ambition: Isaac Newton and the Devil; S.D. Snobelen. 9. Women, Science and Newtonianism: Emilie Du Ch{â}telet Versus Francesco Algarotti; S. Hutton. 10. Reflections on Newton's Alchemy in Light of the New Historiography of Alchemy; L.M. Principe. 11. The Trouble with Newton in the Eighteenth Century; L. Stewart. Index.