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Re: CAUSATION IN PHYSICS
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: Leigh Palmer <
palmer@SFU.CA
>
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: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:26:30 -0700
Newton's second law is not F = ma; it is (in translation from the Latin):
"The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is
made in the direction of the right line in which the force is impressed."
I'd say that causation is implicit in the words "motive" and "impressed".
Leigh
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