The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant
<p class="Zita">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.</p>
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doaj-5a3d12f98cdd40b28ee5786cb0299bfa2020-11-24T22:04:50ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2012-10-0127336538810.1387/theoria.15485296The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and KantCarmen Martinez-Adame0Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico<p class="Zita">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.</p>http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/1548Parallelogram lawcomposition of motionphoronomy |
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The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant |
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The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant |
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The parallelogram law in the works of d’Alembert and Kant |
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University of the Basque Country |
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THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science |
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0495-4548 2171-679X |
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2012-10-01 |
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<p class="Zita">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.</p> |
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Parallelogram law composition of motion phoronomy |
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