TY - CHAP
T1 - Philosophers, Mathematics and Motion
AU - Koetsier, Teun
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Kinematics studies motion without considering masses and forces. It deals with geometric objects such as points, lines or planes that move in a fixed Euclidean space. The philosopher Zeno of Elea took an extreme position on this point. He held that motion does not exist, implying that kinematics makes no sense. Zeno had no followers among mathematicians. On the contrary, in Greek geometry motion played an essential role. Yet against the background of the Eleatic philosophy, motion seemed a foreign element in a realm of eternal truths, and many centuries later Proclus still wrestled with the problem.
AB - Kinematics studies motion without considering masses and forces. It deals with geometric objects such as points, lines or planes that move in a fixed Euclidean space. The philosopher Zeno of Elea took an extreme position on this point. He held that motion does not exist, implying that kinematics makes no sense. Zeno had no followers among mathematicians. On the contrary, in Greek geometry motion played an essential role. Yet against the background of the Eleatic philosophy, motion seemed a foreign element in a realm of eternal truths, and many centuries later Proclus still wrestled with the problem.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-39872-8_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-39872-8_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85179704430
SN - 9783031398711
SN - 9783031398742
T3 - History of Mechanism and Machine Science
SP - 1
EP - 20
BT - A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein
A2 - Koetsier, Teun
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -