Force and Mechanism

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Another interesting idea from Ahilleas' PR on mechanism and mechanical process.

Questions arose as to how force and mechanism relate in Hegel's Logic, if at all. Or how mechanism may relate to forces in science.

Is there any indication of this? Force specifically belongs to the Doctrine of Essence. Gravity also becomes exemplified later in Mechanism if I recall correctly, so Hegel can't be thinking of gravity here (yet).

Interesting points. My thoughts are as follows:
(1) I'm talking about force as it is used in science, not Logic. Now, it may be that Hegel's account of force in the DOE is his fundamental account of force as it is used in science. But it would be strange if it was the exhaustive account of force, because it does look as if Hegel is giving some account of force in Mechanism. Now that raises some interesting questions. (1) Is Hegel's account of force in DOE his account of forces in general? (2) If not, what is it about? If yes, what does that mean for his apparent account of forces in Mechanism?
I'm not sure what the answers to the above are. From my perspective, I would say that Hegel is giving an account of a specific force or forces in Mechanism. The reason why I think communication could be a good candidate for gravity is because of the all pervasive nature of gravity. Incidentally, I don't think his account in Absolute Mechanism is meant to evoke gravity, I think it evokes the operation of a system. The underlying force of that system may be gravity, but gravity can work on objects in a non-systematic way (when a rock falls to the Earth). Whereas in Absolute Mechanism it is working on objects in a thoroughly systematic way (when the planets rotate around the Sun).