............. or was it simply a phenomenon observed many times?
"As Isaac Asimov goes on to explain, "Newton's laws of motion represent assumptions and definitions and are not subject to proof. In particular, the notion of 'inertia' is as much an assumption as Aristotle's notion of 'natural place.'.."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia)
If it is just an assumption, then it could be wrong. What if it's wrong? That's something puzzling me. I mean, what if there's some matter in the Universe which does not obey the law?
Was the three Newton's laws established through empirical methods or a priori?
2007-04-05
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