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- Title
Parts of Falling Objects: Galileo's Thought Experiment in Mereological Setting.
- Authors
Gruszczyński, Rafał
- Abstract
This paper aims to formalize Galileo's argument (and its variations) against the Aristotelian view that the weight of free-falling bodies influences their speed. I obtain this via the application of concepts of parthood and of mereological sum, and via recognition of a principle which is not explicitly formulated by the Italian thinker but seems to be natural and helpful in understanding the logical mechanism behind Galileo's train of thought. I also compare my reconstruction to one of those put forward by Atkinson and Peijnenburg (Stud Hist Philos Sci 35(1):115–136, 2004), and propose a formalization which is based on a principle introduced by them, which I shall call the speed is mediative principle.
- Subjects
GALILEI, Galileo, 1564-1642; THOUGHT experiments; BODY weight
- Publication
Erkenntnis, 2022, Vol 87, Issue 4, p1583
- ISSN
0165-0106
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10670-020-00263-y