But one might argue that there wasn’t anything properly called ‘physics’ before Newton—Bringing up Newton for Physics is isomorphic to bringing up Socrates for philosophy. Someone calling Aristotle a ‘physicist’ would be off-base, despite his having written a book called ‘physics’.
But one might argue that there wasn’t anything properly called ‘physics’ before Newton—Bringing up Newton for Physics is isomorphic to bringing up Socrates for philosophy. Someone calling Aristotle a ‘physicist’ would be off-base, despite his having written a book called ‘physics’.