Increments

#89 (C&R, Chap 6) - Berkeley vs Newton: The Battle Over Gravity

July 31st, 2025  |  1 hr 11 mins

atoms, berkeley, boltzman, conjectures and refutations, essentialism, forces, gravity, instrumentalism, mach, newton, popper

We dive into the history of the debate between Bishop Berkeley, Ernst Mach, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Isaac Newton. What is a force? Are they allowed in science? Were the positivists right all along?