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    Descartes' third law of nature defines collision in terms... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The motions of impacting bodies in Descartes' physics are determined from an external reference frame, not from the local translation of contiguous neighborhoods.

    Descartes' third law of nature defines collision in terms of bodies mutually resisting one another, grounding impact in reciprocal bodily force, not external observation.

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    • 1.Descartes grounds physics in intrinsic body properties (extension, motion) rather than external perception, making reciprocal resistance foundational.
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    • 2.Mutual bodily resistance explains collision mechanics without appeal to observers, aligning with mechanistic philosophy's rejection of teleology.
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    • 3.This approach avoids the problem of how external observation could causally determine physical outcomes in collision events.
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    • 1.Descartes' actual law of impact relies heavily on size and velocity ratios, which are measurable only through external reference frames, not mutual force alone.
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    • 2.Mutual resistance presupposes contact, but contact itself requires prior geometrical determination independent of the bodies' internal forces.
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    • 3.Descartes acknowledges God as external cause of motion conservation, undermining the claim that impact is grounded solely in reciprocal bodily force.
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