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- Title
Force, Mathematics, and Physics in Newton's Principia: A New Approach to Enduring Issues.
- Authors
Maglo, Koffi
- Abstract
The article investigates the conceptual treatment and mathematical modeling of force in Isaac Newton's "Principia." It argues that Newton's concept of force is best understood as a physico-mathematical construct with theoretical underpinnings rather than a mathematical construct or an ontologically neutral concept. It draws upon the distinction between axiomatic systems in mathematics and physics, as well as discovery patterns in science. It suggests that questions about the reality of force be distinguished from questions about the validity of force, and that both sets of questions be distinguished from questions about the utility of the concept of force in science.
- Subjects
FORCE &; energy; MATHEMATICAL models; NEWTON, Isaac, 1642-1727; PRINCIPIA (Book : Newton); MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS
- Publication
Science in Context (0269-8897), 2007, Vol 20, Issue 4, p571
- ISSN
0269-8897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0269889707001457