Debunking Aristotle’s Theory: Galileo’s Perspective on the Necessity of Force in Horizontal Motion

T or F: Aristotle and Galileo would disagree that a horizontal motion requires a force

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False, Aristotle would believe that a horizontal motion requires a force, while Galileo would disagree with him. According to Aristotle, an object could only move horizontally if a force was continually applied to it. However, Galileo believed that an object in motion, once set in motion, would remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force. Therefore, horizontal motion of an object does not require a force in the absence of any external force.

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