Aristotelian physics directly contradicts the Newtonian law of uniform inertial motion

Evidence

To come to a more general matter: Aristotelian physics is incompatible with Newton’s ‘First Law of Motion’, originally enunciated by Galileo. This law states that every body, left to itself, will, if already in motion, continue to move in a straight line with uniform velocity. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 881

Categorization

• XREF: XREF connects Aristotelian physics to Newtonian mechanics and Galileo’s First Law. — connects to: Galileos principle of inertia replaced the Aristotelian distinction between natural motions. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1961; Postmodern society is a pragmatics of heterogeneous language games, not a Newtonian system. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 90
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 881

Library Connections

• Galileos principle of inertia replaced the Aristotelian distinction between natural motions. #corroborates (0.95) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1961