De Motu (ensaio de Berkeley)

De Motu: Sive, de Motus Principio & Natura, et de Causa Communicationis Motuum (On Motion: or The Principle and Nature of Motion and the Cause of the Communication of Motions), ou simplesmente De Motu,^[1] é um ensaio escrito por George Berkeley e publicado como um folheto em Londres em 1721. O ensaio foi submetido sem sucesso a um prêmio que havia sido oferecido pela Royal Academy of Sciences em Paris.

Berkeley rejeitou o espaço, tempo e movimento absolutos de Sir Isaac Newton. Com este ensaio, Berkeley é considerado o "precursor de Mach e Einstein" (Karl Popper).^[2]^[3]^[4]

↑ Berkeley's Philosophical Writings, New York: Collier, 1974, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-22680
↑ Karl R. Popper Conjectures and Refutations. The Growth of Scientific Knowledge, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1969, Part I, 6. "Note on Berkeley as precursor of Mach and Einstein"
↑ The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Micropædia, Vol. 2, Chicago, 2007
↑ Myhill, John "Berkeley's "De Motu" - An Anticipation of Mach" In: "George Berkeley: Lectures delivered before the Philosophical Union of the University of California" Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957 (University of California Publications in Philosophy, Volume 29)

[1] Berkeley's Philosophical Writings, New York: Collier, 1974, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-22680

[2] Karl R. Popper Conjectures and Refutations. The Growth of Scientific Knowledge, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1969, Part I, 6. "Note on Berkeley as precursor of Mach and Einstein"

[3] The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Micropædia, Vol. 2, Chicago, 2007

[:0-4] Myhill, John "Berkeley's "De Motu" - An Anticipation of Mach" In: "George Berkeley: Lectures delivered before the Philosophical Union of the University of California" Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957 (University of California Publications in Philosophy, Volume 29)

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