• Aristotelian physics is the form of natural philosophy described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle...
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    Aristotelianism (/ˌærɪstəˈtiːliənɪzəm/ ARR-i-stə-TEE-lee-ə-niz-əm) is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized...
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  • The implicit axioms of Aristotelian physics with respect to movement of matter in space were superseded in Newtonian physics by Newton's first law of...
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    Force (redirect from Force (physics))
    requires a continuous medium such as air to sustain the motion. Though Aristotelian physics was criticized as early as the 6th century, its shortcomings would...
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    orbits. Epicycles consist of circles upon circles. According to Aristotelian physics, the circle was the perfect form of motion, and was the intrinsic...
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    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight') is a fundamental interaction primarily observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass...
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    refers to that line of study as "Physics" – in the 4th century BCE, Aristotle founded the system known as Aristotelian physics. He attempted to explain ideas...
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    subjects, including a substantial treatise on "Physics" – in the 4th century BC. Aristotelian physics was influential for about two millennia. His approach...
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  • stationary on the basis of Aristotelian cosmology and natural philosophy. By the 15th century, the influence of Aristotelian physics and natural philosophy...
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  • to as Physics Physics (Aristotle), a key text in the philosophy of Aristotle Physics (band), an American rock music group Aristotelian physics, the natural...
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    BC) discussed falling objects in Physics (Book VII), one of the oldest books on mechanics (see Aristotelian physics). Although, in the 6th century, John...
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  • of this period. Islamic scholarship in the sciences had inherited Aristotelian physics from the Greeks and during the Islamic Golden Age developed it further...
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  • Yaḥyā al-Naḥwī (i.e. "John the Grammarian"), and his views against Aristotelian physics were defended by philosophers at the court of Fatimid Imam Al-Hakim...
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  • work of Aristotle Aristotelian ethics Aristotelian logic, an approach to formal logic that began with Aristotle Aristotelian physics, the form of natural...
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    In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical...
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    The Prometheus Trust, 2004, 1807). ISBN 1-898910-24-3. Physics (Aristotle) Aristotelian physics Dynamics of the celestial spheres Celestial spheres Alan...
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    scientific theory, and Tycho likely received a thorough training in Aristotelian physics and cosmology. He experienced the solar eclipse of 21 August 1560...
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    Greek philosophers of antiquity, among them Aristotle, founder of Aristotelian physics, may have been the first to maintain the idea that "everything happens...
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  • "moving" or "initiating". Efficient causation was connected with Aristotelian physics, which recognized the four elements (earth, air, fire, water), and...
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    self-contemplation. He equates this concept also with the active intellect. This Aristotelian concept had its roots in cosmological speculations of the earliest Greek...
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  • philosopher, and scientist who wrote a critique of Aristotelian philosophy and Aristotelian physics. Ka'ab al-Ahbar – 7th-century Yemenite Jew. Considered...
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    be understood by means of their causal structures. According to Aristotelian physics and metaphysics, causation can be divided into formal, material,...
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  • forces appear to be accurately described by the Standard Model of particle physics. In the classical limit, a successful theory of gravitons would reduce...
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  • Epicurean atomism and corpuscularianism as a hybrid or an alternative to Aristotelian physics. The main figures in the rebirth of atomism were Isaac Beeckman,...
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    the Aristotelian notion of the heavenly bodies moving in uniform circular motion. Qushji's work was an important step away from Aristotelian physics and...
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    Galilei on classical mechanics (superseding Aristotelian physics) was also influenced by earlier medieval physics writers, including Avempace. Other notable...
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  • termed "Aristotelian" might better be attributed to his followers and commentators upon him. These commentators found that Aristotelian physics had difficulty...
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    future physicists. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz incorporated terms from Aristotelian physics, now used in a new non-teleological way. This implied a shift in...
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    Philoponus' criticism of the Aristotelian principles of physics was an inspiration for Galileo Galilei's refutation of Aristotelian physics during the Scientific...
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    and the south front of Hampton Court Palace. Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a founder of the Royal Society...
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