Algunas notas sobre mecánica en el intercambio epistolar entre Leibniz y Huygens
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 2386-5326
Year of publication: 2022
Issue Title: G. W. Leibniz: una filosofía de principios
Issue: 16
Pages: 313-343
Type: Article
More publications in: Ápeiron: estudios de filosofía
Abstract
Although the epistolary exchange between Leibniz and Huygens includes discussions on mechanics studied in the scientific literature, we do not find an exposition of the topics discussed in this correspondence. This work tries to solve this gap by showing the evolution of the mechanical ideas of Leibniz and Huygens (the cause of gravity or the roundness of water drops, among others), the interdependence of these questions and their drift to other essential issues, as the origin of the calculus war and the speculative thought of Huygens.