---
_id: '51008'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'I examine Du Châtelet’s methodology for physics and metaphysics through the
    lens of her engagement with Newton’s Rules for Reasoning in Natural Philosophy.
    I first show that her early manuscript writings discuss and endorse these Rules.
    Then, I argue that her famous published account of hypotheses continues to invoke
    close analogues of Rules 3 and 4, despite various developments in her position.
    Once relevant experimental evidence and some basic constraints are met, it is
    legitimate to inductively generalize from observations; general hypotheses can
    thereafter be assumed as true until contrary experiments show otherwise. I conclude
    by arguing that this account of induction plays an essential role in her metaphysics,
    both in an argument for simple substances—which has an inductive premise—and in
    her attempt to distinguish acceptable and unacceptable metaphysical commitments. '
author:
- first_name: Aaron
  full_name: Wells, Aaron
  id: '89005'
  last_name: Wells
citation:
  ama: Wells A. Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning. <i>European
    Journal of Philosophy</i>. Published online 2024.
  apa: Wells, A. (2024). Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning.
    <i>European Journal of Philosophy</i>.
  bibtex: '@article{Wells_2024, title={Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules
    for Reasoning}, journal={European Journal of Philosophy}, author={Wells, Aaron},
    year={2024} }'
  chicago: Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning.”
    <i>European Journal of Philosophy</i>, 2024.
  ieee: A. Wells, “Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning,” <i>European
    Journal of Philosophy</i>, 2024.
  mla: Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning.” <i>European
    Journal of Philosophy</i>, 2024.
  short: A. Wells, European Journal of Philosophy (2024).
date_created: 2024-01-29T16:28:52Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T16:29:03Z
language:
- iso: eng
publication: European Journal of Philosophy
status: public
title: Du Châtelet, Induction, and Newton’s Rules for Reasoning
type: journal_article
user_id: '89005'
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '51010'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'I distinsuish three ways in which early modern rationalists seek to apply
    the principle to empirical science. Previous readings have neglected how these
    thinkers assume substantive theories of explanation and intelligibility in many
    of their deployments of this rationalist principle. I argue that Leibniz, Du Châtelet,
    and Euler are all vulnerable to the objection that they deploy their standards
    of intelligibility inconsistently: their own favored explanations do not always
    live up to the standard. This chapter also defends more particular interpretive
    claims about these thinkers, for example arguing against Jeff McDonough’s anti-realist
    reading of Leibniz on laws of nature. '
author:
- first_name: Aaron
  full_name: Wells, Aaron
  id: '89005'
  last_name: Wells
citation:
  ama: 'Wells A. The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy of
    Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler. In: Della Rocca M, Amijee F, eds. <i>The
    Principle of Sufficient Reason: A History</i>. Oxford University Press; 2024.'
  apa: 'Wells, A. (2024). The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy
    of Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler. In M. Della Rocca &#38; F. Amijee
    (Eds.), <i>The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A History</i>. Oxford University
    Press.'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Wells_2024, title={The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early
    Modern Philosophy of Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler}, booktitle={The
    Principle of Sufficient Reason: A History}, publisher={Oxford University Press},
    author={Wells, Aaron}, editor={Della Rocca, Michael and Amijee, Fatema}, year={2024}
    }'
  chicago: 'Wells, Aaron. “The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy
    of Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler.” In <i>The Principle of Sufficient
    Reason: A History</i>, edited by Michael Della Rocca and Fatema Amijee. Oxford
    University Press, 2024.'
  ieee: 'A. Wells, “The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy
    of Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler,” in <i>The Principle of Sufficient
    Reason: A History</i>, M. Della Rocca and F. Amijee, Eds. Oxford University Press,
    2024.'
  mla: 'Wells, Aaron. “The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy
    of Science: Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler.” <i>The Principle of Sufficient Reason:
    A History</i>, edited by Michael Della Rocca and Fatema Amijee, Oxford University
    Press, 2024.'
  short: 'A. Wells, in: M. Della Rocca, F. Amijee (Eds.), The Principle of Sufficient
    Reason: A History, Oxford University Press, 2024.'
date_created: 2024-01-29T16:33:29Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T16:33:33Z
editor:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Della Rocca, Michael
  last_name: Della Rocca
- first_name: Fatema
  full_name: Amijee, Fatema
  last_name: Amijee
language:
- iso: eng
publication: 'The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A History'
publisher: Oxford University Press
status: public
title: 'The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Early Modern Philosophy of Science:
  Leibniz, Du Châtelet, and Euler'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '89005'
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '51012'
author:
- first_name: Aaron
  full_name: Wells, Aaron
  id: '89005'
  last_name: Wells
citation:
  ama: 'Wells A. Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and Agnesi. In:
    Stan M, ed. <i>The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750</i>. Bloomsbury;
    2024.'
  apa: 'Wells, A. (2024). Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and Agnesi.
    In M. Stan (Ed.), <i>The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750</i>.
    Bloomsbury.'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Wells_2024, title={Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet,
    Bassi, and Agnesi}, booktitle={The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to
    1750}, publisher={Bloomsbury}, author={Wells, Aaron}, editor={Stan, Marius}, year={2024}
    }'
  chicago: 'Wells, Aaron. “Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and
    Agnesi.” In <i>The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750</i>, edited
    by Marius Stan. Bloomsbury, 2024.'
  ieee: 'A. Wells, “Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and Agnesi,”
    in <i>The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750</i>, M. Stan, Ed. Bloomsbury,
    2024.'
  mla: 'Wells, Aaron. “Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and Agnesi.”
    <i>The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750</i>, edited by Marius Stan,
    Bloomsbury, 2024.'
  short: 'A. Wells, in: M. Stan (Ed.), The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450
    to 1750, Bloomsbury, 2024.'
date_created: 2024-01-29T16:36:34Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T16:36:37Z
editor:
- first_name: Marius
  full_name: Stan, Marius
  last_name: Stan
language:
- iso: eng
publication: The History and Philosophy of Science, 1450 to 1750
publisher: Bloomsbury
status: public
title: 'Women in Early Modern Science: Du Châtelet, Bassi, and Agnesi'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '89005'
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '51011'
author:
- first_name: Aaron
  full_name: Wells, Aaron
  id: '89005'
  last_name: Wells
citation:
  ama: 'Wells A. Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics. In: Amijee F, ed. <i>The
    Bloomsbury Companion to Du Châtelet</i>. Bloomsbury; 2024.'
  apa: Wells, A. (2024). Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics. In F. Amijee (Ed.),
    <i>The Bloomsbury Companion to Du Châtelet</i>. Bloomsbury.
  bibtex: '@inbook{Wells_2024, title={Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics}, booktitle={The
    Bloomsbury Companion to Du Châtelet}, publisher={Bloomsbury}, author={Wells, Aaron},
    editor={Amijee, Fatema}, year={2024} }'
  chicago: Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics.” In <i>The Bloomsbury
    Companion to Du Châtelet</i>, edited by Fatema Amijee. Bloomsbury, 2024.
  ieee: A. Wells, “Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics,” in <i>The Bloomsbury
    Companion to Du Châtelet</i>, F. Amijee, Ed. Bloomsbury, 2024.
  mla: Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics.” <i>The Bloomsbury
    Companion to Du Châtelet</i>, edited by Fatema Amijee, Bloomsbury, 2024.
  short: 'A. Wells, in: F. Amijee (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Du Châtelet,
    Bloomsbury, 2024.'
date_created: 2024-01-29T16:35:38Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T16:37:15Z
editor:
- first_name: Fatema
  full_name: Amijee, Fatema
  last_name: Amijee
language:
- iso: eng
publication: The Bloomsbury Companion to Du Châtelet
publisher: Bloomsbury
status: public
title: Du Châtelet’s Philosophy of Mathematics
type: book_chapter
user_id: '89005'
year: '2024'
...