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

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Published 23-09-2012
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.1548
Carmen Martinez-Adame
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Abstract

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.

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Martinez-Adame, C. (2012). The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 27(3), 365–388. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.1548
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Keywords

Parallelogram law, composition of motion, phoronomy

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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2012): Rethinking The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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ARTICLES

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