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Comment on Eisenthal's 'mechanics without mechanisms'.

Ricardo Lopes Coelho1

  • 1Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Campo Grande, C4.3.22, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
|August 24, 2022
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This paper refutes the claim that Hertzian mechanics lacks mechanisms. It demonstrates that Heinrich Hertz developed four key mechanisms crucial for deriving his equations of motion.

Area of Science:

  • Classical Mechanics
  • Philosophy of Physics

Background:

  • Recent scholarship by Eisenthal argues Hertzian mechanics is "without mechanisms."
  • This argument is linked to Hertz's philosophical views on physics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate that Hertzian mechanics incorporates mechanisms.
  • To highlight the role of these mechanisms in Hertz's work.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of Hertz's original work on mechanics.
  • Examination of the philosophical underpinnings presented in Hertz's introduction.

Main Results:

  • Identification of four distinct mechanisms created by Hertz.
  • These mechanisms are fundamental to the deduction of Hertz's equations of motion.
Keywords:
Hertz's mechanicsaxiomatic systemdeductionimagemechanisms

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Conclusions:

  • Hertzian mechanics is not without mechanisms.
  • Hertz's mechanisms have been utilized in developing Hertzian mechanical models and applications.