CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword

Lecture 1. An Introduction to Philosophic Problems

Lecture 2. Philosophic Problems in the Natural Sciences

Discussion. Plato, Timaeus

Part 1 27d–32c

Part 2 32c–37c and 57d–59d

Part 3 88c–90d

Lecture 3. Motion: Method

Lecture 4. Motion: Method (Part 2) and Principle

Discussion. Aristotle, Physics

Part 1 Book II, Chapter 1

Part 2 Book II, Chapter 2; Book III, Chapter 1

Part 3 Book III, Chapters 2–3; Book V, Chapters 1–3

Lecture 5. Motion: Interpretation

Discussion. Galileo, Two New Sciences

Part 1 Third Day: Uniform Motion

Part 2 Third Day: Naturally Accelerated Motion

Part 3 Third Day: Naturally Accelerated Motion

Part 4 Third Day: Naturally Accelerated Motion

Lecture 6. Motion: Selection

Lecture 7. Motion: Selection (Part 2)

Discussion. Newton, Principia Mathematica

Part 1 Preface to First Edition; Book I: Definitions I–II

Part 2 Book I: Definitions III–VII

Part 3 Book I: Definitions VI–VIII and Scholium

Part 4 Book I: Laws of Motion and Corollaries I–VI

Part 5 Book I: Corollary VI, Proposition LXXVI; Book III: Propositions IV and VI; Optics: Queries 28–31

Lecture 8. Space: Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle

Lecture 9. Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle

Discussion. Maxwell, Matter and Motion

Part 1 Preface; Chapter I: Sections 1–12

Part 2 Chapter I: Sections 13–18

Lecture 10. Summary: Interpretation, Method, and Principle

Discussion. Review

Appendix A: Class Schedule

Appendix B: Selected Lecture Notes on Necessity, Probability, and Nature

Appendix C: Selected Lecture Notes on Democritus and the Sophists

Appendix D: Selected Lecture Notes on Cause

Appendix E: Complete Lecture Notes for Lecture 10

Appendix F: Discussion Notes For Einstein

Appendix G: Final Examinations

Appendix H: Schema of Philosophic Semantics

Notes

Index