Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث
Abstract
This study aimed at studying the principle of causality and its problems theoretically in the modern physical theory, starting with Isaac Newton. It considered Newton’s theory of motion and gravity the launching pad for the whole of modern physical theory. This study averred that the principle of causality acquires its definite physical meaning from, and is operationally determined by, the physical theory itself. That is why this study embarked on studying the conceptual content of the modern physical theory in its various stages. It embarked on philosophically studying the conceptual content of Newtonian mechanics, classical physics. It detailed the genesis, principles and results of each of these theories and deduced the form of the principle of causality defined by each theory and its specific problems, emphasizing these specific problems and their resolutions in subsequent theoretical developments. This study tended to view causality in its various forms as a necessary condition for the construction of any physical theory, and that causality in physics cannot be understood in isolation from a specific physical theory. This research relied on both the analytical approach and the comparative approach in addition to the critical approach. These approaches were discussed according to the requirements of research.
Recommended Citation
Al Dababsa, Suzan
(2024)
"Causality in Newtonian Mechanics and Its Role in Classical Physics,"
Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/aaup/vol10/iss2/3