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God and Natural Philosophy: the Late Middle Ages and Sir Isaac Newton

God and Natural Philosophy: the Late Middle Ages and Sir Isaac Newton GOD AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON EDWARD GRANT Indiana University In reading Dr. Andrew Cunningham's forceful reply to my article, I have great difficulty in recognizing myself. It seems that I am a kind of troglodyte, out of step and out of touch with the world of progressive historians, who have re-arranged the world as I slept. Moreover, I find little connection between what I said and what I am alleged to have said. And, finally, let me say that Dr. Cunning- ham has skillfully turned this discussion into a debate on the large issues concerning the nature of history. So be it. But Dr. Cunningham also feels aggrieved. He says that I have ig- nored "his substantive work" in which he believes that he has made much of his case. For example, I did not "assess the arguments or the evidence" he adduced in his book, Before Scienc,e, "the only his- torical book on the nature of natural philosophy yet produced, and equally the only book which deals with the origins of any version of natural philosophy." Did he and his colleague Roger French make their case for the Dominican and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early Science and Medicine Brill

God and Natural Philosophy: the Late Middle Ages and Sir Isaac Newton

Grant, Edward
Early Science and Medicine , Volume 5 (3): 279 – Jan 1, 2000
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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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GOD AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON EDWARD GRANT Indiana University In reading Dr. Andrew Cunningham's forceful reply to my article, I have great difficulty in recognizing myself. It seems that I am a kind of troglodyte, out of step and out of touch with the world of progressive historians, who have re-arranged the world as I slept. Moreover, I find little connection between what I said and what I am alleged to have said. And, finally, let me say that Dr. Cunning- ham has skillfully turned this discussion into a debate on the large issues concerning the nature of history. So be it. But Dr. Cunningham also feels aggrieved. He says that I have ig- nored "his substantive work" in which he believes that he has made much of his case. For example, I did not "assess the arguments or the evidence" he adduced in his book, Before Scienc,e, "the only his- torical book on the nature of natural philosophy yet produced, and equally the only book which deals with the origins of any version of natural philosophy." Did he and his colleague Roger French make their case for the Dominican and

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