DRAFT : 10 May 2011 1 Unity and change in Newton ’ s physics
@inproceedings{Brading2011DRAFT1, title={DRAFT : 10 May 2011 1 Unity and change in Newton ’ s physics}, author={Katherine A. Brading}, year={2011} }
Here is a problem at the heart of the metaphysics of the natural world: How, if at all, can a unity undergo change? This problem incorporates two questions. First, in virtue of what is a thing a genuine unity? And second, the issue that’s more obvious in the formulation of the question: how, if at all, can such a unity
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