Filosofia e Mecânica: matéria inerte e força activa

• Autores: Ricardo Lopes Coelho
• Localización: Revista portuguesa de filosofía, ISSN 0870-5283, Vol. 61, Fasc. 1, 2005, págs. 247-280
• Idioma: portugués
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• Resumen

  • The classical mechanics assumes the law of inertia and uses a concept of force that is a logical consequence of the law ($ 2-3). As a matter effect the law of inertia has no experimental basis ($ 1) and beyond that the concept of force does not correspond to anything in the mechanical phenomena ($4). The study of the structure of the mechanical theories has shown that the law of inertia expresses only a reference motion and the force represents deflections from that motion ($ 5). Therefore it can be concluded that even though science seems to have a far reaching knowledge of nature, it has indeed only practiced a methodology This poses a problem for the philosophy insofar as it makes the usual epistemological framework inadequate to characterize mechanics.