Wednesday, June 13, 2018

newtonian mechanics - What, if anything, makes forces the "cause" and acceleration the "effect"?




We typically say that forces cause acceleration inversely proportionate to mass. Would it be any less correct to say that acceleration causes forces proportionate to mass? Why?


(Note that the underlying question in my mind - essentially, what distinguishes cause from effect - is far more general. But this seems like a good place to start.)




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