KnowraAristotelian physicsLinked fromLinked fromThe 33 pages that link to Aristotelian physics, each with the reason it gives.All 33Broader topic 6Related 9Narrower topic 3Compared with 15Newton's laws of motionCompared with: Newton's first law rejects the idea that motion needs continuous maintenance.Galileo GalileiCompared with: Galileo's studies and experiments increasingly challenged its explanations of motion.Newton's law of universal gravitationCompared with: Universal gravitation challenged the division between heavenly and earthly motion.Newton's second lawCompared with: Newtonian force and acceleration replaced its account of sustained motion.Robert BoyleCompared with: Boyle challenged inherited explanations that treated qualities and elements as fundamental.EquantCompared with: The equant’s offset measuring point complicated the ideal of uniform circular motion centered on Earth.Mechanical philosophyCompared with: Mechanical philosophy displaced many Aristotelian explanations of motion and physical properties.PhysicsCompared with: Its qualitative explanations shaped natural philosophy before mathematical mechanics displaced them.Evangelista TorricelliCompared with: The barometer’s empty space undermined the Aristotelian denial of vacuum.Newton's first lawCompared with: Its account of motion differed from Newton's claim that uniform motion needs no continuing cause.Mechanism (philosophy)Compared with: Aristotle's forms and final causes differ from mechanism's emphasis on matter, motion, and efficient causation.Copernican systemCompared with: Its account of motion made a moving Earth physically difficult to accept.John PhiloponusCompared with: Philoponus directly challenged its explanations of projectile motion and celestial incorruptibility.History of atomic theoryCompared with: Its rejection of void and indivisible atoms dominated European natural philosophy for centuries.Otto von GuerickeCompared with: Its denial that a true vacuum could exist formed part of the intellectual backdrop to Guericke’s experiments.
KnowraAristotelian physicsLinked fromLinked fromThe 33 pages that link to Aristotelian physics, each with the reason it gives.All 33Broader topic 6Related 9Narrower topic 3Compared with 15Newton's laws of motionCompared with: Newton's first law rejects the idea that motion needs continuous maintenance.Galileo GalileiCompared with: Galileo's studies and experiments increasingly challenged its explanations of motion.Newton's law of universal gravitationCompared with: Universal gravitation challenged the division between heavenly and earthly motion.Newton's second lawCompared with: Newtonian force and acceleration replaced its account of sustained motion.Robert BoyleCompared with: Boyle challenged inherited explanations that treated qualities and elements as fundamental.EquantCompared with: The equant’s offset measuring point complicated the ideal of uniform circular motion centered on Earth.Mechanical philosophyCompared with: Mechanical philosophy displaced many Aristotelian explanations of motion and physical properties.PhysicsCompared with: Its qualitative explanations shaped natural philosophy before mathematical mechanics displaced them.Evangelista TorricelliCompared with: The barometer’s empty space undermined the Aristotelian denial of vacuum.Newton's first lawCompared with: Its account of motion differed from Newton's claim that uniform motion needs no continuing cause.Mechanism (philosophy)Compared with: Aristotle's forms and final causes differ from mechanism's emphasis on matter, motion, and efficient causation.Copernican systemCompared with: Its account of motion made a moving Earth physically difficult to accept.John PhiloponusCompared with: Philoponus directly challenged its explanations of projectile motion and celestial incorruptibility.History of atomic theoryCompared with: Its rejection of void and indivisible atoms dominated European natural philosophy for centuries.Otto von GuerickeCompared with: Its denial that a true vacuum could exist formed part of the intellectual backdrop to Guericke’s experiments.