Sunday, September 9, 2012

Force Field

Kant, in the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, defines Force, i. e. Attraction or Repulsion, as fundamentally occupying a single space.  Though, since his primary focus in the work is motion in multiple spaces, his examination of chemical penetration, as an example of a space-filling force, amounts to a minor digression.  However, substitute 'space' with 'field', and the broader implications of the seemingly minor notion become more apparent--it plainly pioneers the concept of Force Field that has subsequently become significant in the representation of not only chemical events, but of gravitational and electromagnetic ones. as well.  Furthermore, another example of a space-filling force that he briefly discusses is 'body'.  So, since an organism is a special type of body, Force Field is also a structure with potential application to Biology.

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