id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_eibpvw64prcv5izeprvsmot7gu Eric Watkins The early Kant's (anti-) Newtonianism 2013 11 .pdf application/pdf 11461 574 58 the project of the Universal Natural History explicitly uses ''Newtonian principles'' to explain the formation of the various bodies that constitute our solar system as well as those that lie beyond. by showing that his broad and deep Newtonian commitments notwithstanding, Kant breaks from Newton in the Universal Natural conception that would appeal directly to the will of God. As a result, though Kant is critical of Newton's position on this fundamental point, he has reason to think that the position he develops 4 Waschkies and Schönfeld are more attuned than others to the way in which features of God are relevant to the order of nature in the early Kant's views. ice.14 In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Universal Natural History, Kant objects to Newton's position on several counts. 3. Kant's criticism of Newton in the Universal Natural History ./cache/work_eibpvw64prcv5izeprvsmot7gu.pdf ./txt/work_eibpvw64prcv5izeprvsmot7gu.txt