Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics
The implications for the substantivalist-relationalist controversy of Barbour and Bertotti's successful implementation of a Machian approach to dynamics are investigated. It is argued that in the context of Newtonian mechanics, the Machian framework provides a genuinely relational interpretatio...
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2002
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| description | The implications for the substantivalist-relationalist controversy of Barbour and Bertotti's successful implementation of a Machian approach to dynamics are investigated. It is argued that in the context of Newtonian mechanics, the Machian framework provides a genuinely relational interpretation of dynamics and that it is more explanatory than the conventional, substantival interpretation. In a companion paper (Pooley [2002a]), the viability of the Machian framework as an interpretation of relativistic physics is explored. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:77ce2bc3-163b-484c-bf90-6d4cd1a1e9752022-03-26T20:26:34ZRelationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical MechanicsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:77ce2bc3-163b-484c-bf90-6d4cd1a1e975PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetOxford University Press2002Pooley, OBrown, HBritish Society for the Philosophy of ScienceThe implications for the substantivalist-relationalist controversy of Barbour and Bertotti's successful implementation of a Machian approach to dynamics are investigated. It is argued that in the context of Newtonian mechanics, the Machian framework provides a genuinely relational interpretation of dynamics and that it is more explanatory than the conventional, substantival interpretation. In a companion paper (Pooley [2002a]), the viability of the Machian framework as an interpretation of relativistic physics is explored. |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy Pooley, O Brown, H Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title | Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title_full | Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title_fullStr | Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title_short | Relationalism rehabilitated? I: Classical Mechanics |
| title_sort | relationalism rehabilitated i classical mechanics |
| topic | Philosophy |
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