Physics NotePublished
On Kant's First Insight into the Problem of Dimensionality and its Physical Foundations
F. Caruso; R. Moreira Xavier de Araújo
1996
Publication details
- Authors
- F. Caruso; R. Moreira Xavier de Araújo
- Type
- Physics Note
- Status
- Published
- Publication date
- 1996
- Description
- In this article it is shown that a careful analysis of Kant's ''Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces'' leads to the conclusion that - opposite to the usually accepted interpretation - Kant's reasoning, which supposedly establishes a relationship between the tridimensionality of space and Newton's law of universal gravitation, does not yield a satisfactory explanation of ''space'' dimensionality, actually restricting itself to justify the tridimensionality of ''extension''.
- Year
- 1996
- Number
- CBPF-NF-079/96
- Linked to a thesis
- No
- Linked to a grant
- No