Tag: science
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Case CI-HS01: The Translation of Pre-Newtonian Impetus
Date: Feb 17, 2026 By: Jiarui Liu Category: Category II: Cross-Paradigm Gap Tags: History of Science, Commensurability, Historiography, Conceptual Translation Case ID: CI-HS01 Abstract & Summary The conceptual translation of the medieval scholastic concept of impetus into the modern vocabulary of momentum or inertia represents a profound Category II translational friction. While early historians of science often attempted to establish a direct continuity between 14th-century…
