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    Garber's analysis in 'Descartes' Metaphysical Physics' sh... — 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.

    Garber's analysis in 'Descartes' Metaphysical Physics' shows Descartes consistently grounds motion determinations in body-to-body interactions, not a Newtonian absolute space.

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    • 1.Descartes explicitly rejects void space and posits plenum, making absolute space conceptually unavailable in his metaphysical framework.
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    • 2.Descartes' laws of motion are formulated relationally—defining impact and transfer of motion between bodies, not against spatial coordinates.
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    • 3.Garber's textual analysis demonstrates Descartes treats rest/motion as equipollent states determined only by relative body positions.
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    • 1.Descartes' identification of body with extension arguably presupposes geometric space as foundational, not derived from interactions alone.
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    • 2.Garber may overstate relationalism; Descartes' conservation laws require absolute quantity of motion, suggesting motion has intrinsic measure.
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    • 3.The distinction between Descartes' framework and Newtonian absolute space may be less stark than Garber suggests regarding practical physics.
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