The Law of Inertia
A Philosopher's Touchstone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10706016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norwood Russell Hanson (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-121 |
| Publication date | 1963-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/287923 |
| OpenAlex | W2049634270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The conceptual excitement of science often seems geared only to work in contemporary physics. Thus, philosophers regularly discuss current cosmology, relativity, or the foundations of microphysics. In these areas one's philosophy is stretched and strained far beyond what our ancestors might have anticipated. Historians of science have also focused attention on past events by remarking their analogies and similarities with perplexities in physics today. But there are statements, hypotheses and theories of the past which are rewarding in themselves, without having to be referred to the agonies which now confound quantum theory and cosmology. Specifically, the First Law of Motion—the “Law of Inertia”—this has everything a logician of science could look for. Understanding the complexities and perplexities of this fundamental mechanical statement is in itself to gain insight into what theoretical physics in general really is. With this in view a study of the law is undertaken
Classical mechanics · Cosmology · Epistemology · Inertia · Philosophy of physics · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Statement (logic) · Theoretical physics · Theory of everything (philosophy) · Theory of relativity · Biofield Effects and Biophysics · Philosophy · Quantum Mechanics and Applications · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2024 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |