By their properties, causes and effects: Newton's scholium on time, space, place and motion-II (...)
Discusses the Newton's scholium, that is used to explain the existence of absolute motion based on centrifugal effects. Removal of potential misunderstandings concerning what relationism involves; Arguments in favor of true motion and rest being adequately described with reference to motionless plac...
| Publicado en: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 295 - 322 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jun95
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| Sumario: | Discusses the Newton's scholium, that is used to explain the existence of absolute motion based on centrifugal effects. Removal of potential misunderstandings concerning what relationism involves; Arguments in favor of true motion and rest being adequately described with reference to motionless places and hence with absolute space; Discussion on examples of globes and rotating bucket experiments; Newton's contemporaries. |
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