Galilean Mechanics and Conceptual Kinematics in the Islamic Philosoph

Galilean mechanics is important at least from two different aspects: first, it separates physics from old natural science, and second, it yields a new method for the modern empirical science. It is actually a turning point in the history of science, which is made possible through a philosophical turn in the thinking patterns of that era in a way that we can consider a particular kinematics under the title Galileo’s kinematics. The purpose of the present article is to answer the question whether Galilean or pseudo-Galilean mechanics could take shape in the paradigm of Islamic philosophy. The present paper intends to show that Galilean Mechanics formation required some essential elements and principles in kinematics, that were not all present in kinematics in the context of Islamic Philosophy. However, there were some elements in the kinematics of Muslim philosophers that could provide a basis for the emergence of a pseudo-Galileo’s mechanics- or its empirical equivalent. At the same time, there were serious obstacles such as having a holistic view of motion, having theological motivation in the study of nature in Islamic Philosophy, lacking a mathematical view of nature and lacking the right language of expressing these thoughts which made the development of such a mechanics unfeasible.