This model was not proposed by Aristotle, but by Albert of Saxony in the 14th century. (Added attribution to the main post now, thanks.) I mentioned Aristotle when talking about his completely different idea that a flying arrow is kept in motion by air that was set in motion by the bowstring releasing it, which predates the impetus theory.
but what kind of possible thought process could lead one to publish theories so grossly out of touch with everyday observations, even those that you see without making any explicit experiments? Did the authors think something along the lines of “Well, reality should behave this way, and if it doesn’t, it’s its own fault”?
Honestly, if I personally had never heard of Newton, I doubt that I would have found my own casual observations out of line with Aristotle’s theory about how projectiles move or Albert of Saxony’s diagram of the path of motion.
This model was not proposed by Aristotle, but by Albert of Saxony in the 14th century. (Added attribution to the main post now, thanks.) I mentioned Aristotle when talking about his completely different idea that a flying arrow is kept in motion by air that was set in motion by the bowstring releasing it, which predates the impetus theory.
Honestly, if I personally had never heard of Newton, I doubt that I would have found my own casual observations out of line with Aristotle’s theory about how projectiles move or Albert of Saxony’s diagram of the path of motion.