The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant

We compare two approaches given to the parallelogram law as a fundamental notion in eighteenth century mechanics. The authors we study are Kant and d’Alembert and we use the context created by Newton’s Principia as our point of departure.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Carmen MARTÍNEZ ADAME
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:339730820006
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339730820006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Filosofía
phoronomy
Parallelogram law
composition of motion
Descripción
Sumario:We compare two approaches given to the parallelogram law as a fundamental notion in eighteenth century mechanics. The authors we study are Kant and d’Alembert and we use the context created by Newton’s Principia as our point of departure.