...his views of the nature and function of physical science. In the Opticks he does, indeed, say that 'the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical'.3 And he goes on to argue...

...ends. It is perhaps again in the Optichs that Newton alludes to More's conceptions, when he says : The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the...

...productive than speculations based upon deductive reasoning from assumed truths. As Newton writes, "the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses . . ." Rather, his analytic method "consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing...

...does science show us all this? Because the business of science is to "deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." In other words, the world may operate by mechanical causes, but as we trace them back, we deduce that...

...other causes to metaphysics," banish nonmechanical causes from physics. Then he summed up his own view: "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause which certainly is not mechanical." THE SCIENCES NOW HAVE MASKS...

...arguments for the divine origin of the world are spread forth upon the pages of his classic works. "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effectSi till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to...

...Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical." This first nonmechanical cause is necessary to account for a variety of features of the universe: planets...

...does science show us all this? Because the business of science is to "deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." In other words, the world may operate by mechanical causes, but as we trace them back, we deduce that...

...his views of the nature and function of physical science. In the Oplicks he does, indeed, say that 'the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical'.3 And he goes on to argue...

...hypotheses for explaining all things mechanically, and referring other causes to metaphysics; whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the...