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Area of Science:

  • History of Science
  • Philosophy of Physics

Background:

  • Physics and philosophy are currently distinct academic disciplines with separate departments, journals, and methodologies.
  • Historically, physics was integrated within philosophy until at least the early 17th century.
  • Standard accounts often place the physics-philosophy split before Isaac Newton's Principia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate the timeline of the separation between physics and philosophy.
  • To identify the philosophical reasons and specific problems that drove this disciplinary divergence.
  • To offer a new historical account of the physics-philosophy split.

Main Methods:

  • Historical analysis of philosophical and scientific texts and debates.
  • Examination of the problem of collisions as a case study.
  • Tracing the evolution of concepts related to the nature and properties of bodies.

Main Results:

  • The split between physics and philosophy occurred significantly later than traditionally assumed, post-dating Newton's Principia.
  • A persistent problem concerning collisions, dating from Descartes through the 18th century, was a critical factor.
  • The inability to solve the collision problem led to fundamental shifts in physics.

Conclusions:

  • The failure to resolve the problem of collisions prompted a reconceptualization of physics' goals and subject matter.
  • This unresolved issue altered the relationship between physics and mechanics.
  • It ultimately shifted the locus of authority for fundamental physics issues.