Philosophy of Motion: Newtonian thoughts and interpretations of Aristotelian traditions within the natural philosophy

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[...] Comparison of Modern Philosophical Thoughts and Ancient Philosophical Thoughts IV. Conclusion Introduction The post-Newtonian world assumes the motion to be related to locomotion of bodies in space and usually is associated with physics. Philosophy, on the other hand, shows that this is a relative recent understanding of motion. Philosophy argues that prior to the scientific revolution; motion was a broader and mysterious category, which applies to moral and physical movements. Presenting fresh interpretations of key figures of western thoughts like Plato, Aristotle, Newton and others, motion has been of great importance within philosophy and science development, especially in the relation between God and motion. [...]

[...] Newton clarified the principle of inertia and incorporated it within three laws of motion. The laws were unchanging and motionless principles of reality. Scientists were now able to predict every motion of nature as Newton's ability to encapsulate the nature within the mathematical formula and bring consensus through infinite and identical experiments was meant to bring nature under control. Newton contributed a lot to the natural philosophy, especially in the understanding of motion. However, Newton's works are said to display lifelong interest in Biblical interpretations, prophesy, Christology and alchemy. [...]

[...] Conclusion Attempt to draw connections between the Newtonian thoughts and interpretations of Aristotelian traditions within the natural philosophy reveals a quantified transition from the ancient to early scientific and modern understanding of motion. For instance, through the collapse in the natural and violent varieties, motion becomes mere state of where bodies become indifferent. Additionally, the modern philosophy mainly focuses on the state of motion changed by force. The modern thoughts understand change of motion as a result of violent forces but not as a co-operation and participation of motions. [...]

[...] According to Aristotle's cosmological inquiries, particular aspect of nature was being analyzed in accordance to the common in the general class of objects and processes it belongs. Despite this, his (Aristotle) empiricism still remains a superficial sort of inquiry. The modern philosophical thoughts; however, directly opposes the decontexualizing procedure. This, for instance, was argued that the aim of observation or theoretical generalization was not to reduce experiential events to static externals but as a way of reflecting the important situational aspects of occurrences. [...]

[...] Additionally, an efficient cause equals the action by which a bit of matter changes the property or action of another matter. This means that things in the universe can be explained in terms of spatio-temporal relationship among the matters. That is according to the modern philosophical thoughts world is explained entirely in terms of how matter is arranged in space and their relative motion. The approach leaves out things like formal causes, which Aristotle explained motion, thus requiring new metaphysics to help accommodate the new mechanistic science. [...]