I think it depends only on whether Aristotle, Galileo and Newton were all describing, or attempting to accurately describe, the identical phenomenon. And I beli

I think it depends only on whether Aristotle, Galileo and Newton were all describing, or attempting to accurately describe, the identical phenomenon. And I believe it is self-evident that they were, what we all now call gravity. Saying Newton discovered gravity is like saying Edison discovered electricity. Obviously, at some point, Newton discovered, or technically, rediscovered gravity and worked out some properties of it with less error than anyone before him.