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...
Main Authors: | Pooley, O, Brown, H |
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Other Authors: | British Society for the Philosophy of Science |
Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2002
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