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Galileo’s Law: on Some Arguments Concerning Falling Bodies

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A law saying that heavier bodies fall faster than lighter ones has been held to be refutable independently of empirical experiments, with a priori “thought experiments”. I argue that these thought experiments do not qualify as good arguments against the law.
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405650830
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