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    It is not the case that The medium is not a necessary condition for motion, but only provides resistance

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    • 1.Different velocities of a stone through air versus water are caused only by the different density of the medium
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    • 2.The difference in velocity is not connatural to the medium itself
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    • 1.Aristotle's own account in Physics IV requires a mover and a moved, but the medium serves neither role essentially—it merely impedes.
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    • 2.Ibn Bajja's analysis shows that a body in void would still traverse distance in finite time, grounding velocity in the mover-to-resistance ratio.
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    • 3.If medium were a necessary condition, motion in void would be metaphysically impossible rather than merely hypothetically faster—yet no contradiction follows from imagining it.
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    • 1.Avempace's mathematical treatment anticipates Galileo: net velocity equals the ratio of motive force to the body's own natural resistance, not to medium density.
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    • 2.The varying velocities in air versus water are adequately explained by differing resistances subtracted from a base motive power, making medium contingent not constitutive.
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