I mean, the horse pushes on the collar. But it's the collar that pulls the cart. (That's what my brother says, anyway.) What do you think?
2006-09-21 16:31:51 · 24 answers · asked by Barks-at-Parrots 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It all depends if the horse is asking for a date or losing one, so either.
2006-09-22 10:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Newtonian physics for every action there is an equal reaction but in the opposite direction. There is no mechanical system where there is pull without push, or push without a pull. When for example I pull a door open I exert push on the ground by my feet at the same time - the ground that the door is rooted in. By doing this I just acquire myself some space to get into by removing an obstacle - the door. And when I push the ground backwards again with my feet, the ground, if it is not a quicksand, pushes me forward, and I get myself pulled along – walking.
Now, the horse is placed inside the cart and not outside, even if it is well in front. This constitutes a complete mechanical system where there is no physical detachment. An act of pulling here, therefore, is same as an act of pulling because both a horse and a cart are two things but one. The question whether a horse moves a cart by pulling or by pushing, cannot be resolved on the behalf of a horse by bystanders.
A horse being a sole active agent in the system would do whatever a horse could do in terms of movement - a horse is a leading body here.
2006-09-22 01:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, unless the cart moves, and then is the cart on a slope? Maybe it's gravity that is doing the work. Perhaps the cart has an engine, and it is pushing the horse. Anyway, on your scenario, the horse cannot push against a collar it is wearing. The collar will go where the horse goes. Do you push against your shirt when you walk? I need more information.
2006-09-21 20:49:39 · answer #3 · answered by Doddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The horse pulls the cart by pushing on the collar.
2006-09-21 16:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question comes only from a deep thinker, sometimes thinking too much will hurt you. Honestly I think the horse push the collar to pull the cart
2006-09-21 16:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by ahmedragab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both - it pushes the collar in order to pull the cart.
2006-09-21 19:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is pulling the cart, it is the forward motion that determines the pull, however if he is in back of the cart and is trained well he might be able to push the cart!
2006-09-21 16:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pulls the cart
2006-09-21 16:40:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Horse pushes the harness and the harness pulls the cart.
2006-09-21 16:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by sselfcoug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always said it pushes the cart as it is pushing against the collar.
2006-09-21 20:24:16 · answer #10 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like everyone has a partial correct answer. Truth being if you think of it logically... the horse is exerting the energy to pull the weight of the cart, but the wheels are actually making it move. It is a matter of physics.
2006-09-21 17:21:34 · answer #11 · answered by babe_in_the_country 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋