[1312.4057] Aristotle's Physics: a Physicist's Look

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[Submitted on 14 Dec 2013 (v1), last revised 18 Aug 2014 (this version, v2)]

Title:Aristotle's Physics: a Physicist's Look

Authors:Carlo Rovelli<br>View a PDF of the paper titled Aristotle's Physics: a Physicist's Look, by Carlo Rovelli

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Abstract:I show that Aristotelian physics is a correct and non-intuitive approximation of Newtonian physics in the suitable domain (motion in fluids), in the same technical sense in which Newton theory is an approximation of Einstein's theory. Aristotelian physics lasted long not because it became dogma, but because it is a very good empirically grounded theory. The observation suggests some general considerations on inter-theoretical relations.

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History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)

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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1312.4057

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Journal reference:<br>Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 1 (2015) 23-40

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https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2014.11

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Submission history<br>From: Carlo Rovelli [view email]<br>[v1]<br>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:04:11 UTC (15 KB)

[v2]<br>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:39:39 UTC (19 KB)

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