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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Autori principali: Pooley, O, Brown, H
Altri autori: British Society for the Philosophy of Science
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2002
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