Abstract
Early modern foundations for mechanics came in two kinds, nomic and material. I examine here the dynamical laws and pictures of matter given respectively by Newton, Leibniz, and Kant. I argue that they fall short of their foundational task, viz. to represent enough kinematic behavior; or at least to explain it. In effect, for the true foundations of classical mechanics we must look beyond Newton, Leibniz, and Kant.
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Stan, M. (2023). Beyond Newton, Leibniz and Kant: Insufficient Foundations, 1687–1786. In Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (Vol. 341, pp. 295–310). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34340-7_13
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