title: Christian theology and the principle of inertia in physics
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metadata.value: Katasonov, Vladimir N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-09-26T09:47:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-09-26T09:47:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Katasonov V. N. Christian theology and the principle of inertia in physics. Issues of Theology, 2022, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 352–375.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.302
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37893
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article discusses the dependence of the formulation of law of inertia in classical
  mechanics on theological concepts of its time. It is shown that in medieval science,
  all attempts to solve the problem of motion of a thrown body were made within
  the framework of the Aristotelian understanding of motion as the actualization of the possible. Nevertheless, within the framework of the theory of impetus (John
  Philopon), medieval natural philosophers came close to the principle of preserving
  the amount of movement (Jean Buridan). Galileo, who himself began his work on
  the theory of motion with an attempt to mathematize the concept of impetus, in his
  mature works proceeded to a principled criticism of the Aristotelian understanding
  of motion. However, despite all the Socratic power of the Maevtic method, he failed
  to prove the law of inertia. Galileo’s virtuoso dialectic only allowed him to destroy
  all objections to the movement by inertia. Descartes gives a positive proof of the
  law of inertia, and the basis of his deduction is the theological thesis about the immutability
  of God. The law of inertia in the classical mechanics of Descartes and
  Newton was closely related to the thesis of the passivity of matter. The article shows
  that this thesis echoes the Protestant understanding (Luther’s) of the Christian way
  as the cultivation of passive righteousness, where all the activity of salvation is conditioned
  only by the action of God.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The reported study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research according
  to the research project No. 21-011-44038 “Theology”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 4; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: science and theology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Protestantism and classical mechanics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the law of inertia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Jean Buridan
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Pierre Duhem
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Anneliese Mayer
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Galilee
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Descartes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Newton
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Luther
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Christian theology and the principle of inertia in physics
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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