Answer by Jules for How can one justify Newton's third law?
Kant's argument is incorrect. The following statement is false:if all changes of motion are reciprocal and equal (since one body cannot move closer to/farther away from another body without the second...
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See Noether's Theorem.This theorem states that for every symmetry, there must be a corresponding conserved quantity. It's math.The universe is symmetric regarding translations in space (if everything...
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1) Can you explain to me how to apply Kant's principles to the following scenario? Suppose two objects A and B, and that B is pushed towards A by some external cause; suppose we neglect gravity and...
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A. P. French wrote in 1971 in his book "Newtonian Mechanics", page 317 and figure 9-4, that if you consider a gun firing particles analogous to photons at a barrier some distance away, that since the...
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In one sense it is justified by the overall success if Newtonian Mechanics; still, one can ask are there arguments that can justify it from other principles; ie principle that are * a priori* in...
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