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Dewar, Neil (2017) Maxwell gravitation. [Preprint]

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This paper gives an explicit presentation of Newtonian gravitation on the backdrop of Maxwell spacetime, giving a sense in which acceleration is relative in gravitational theory. However, caution is needed: assessing whether this is a robust or interesting sense of the relativity of acceleration depends upon some subtle technical issues, and upon substantive philosophical questions over how to identify the spacetime structure of a theory.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Dewar, Neilneil.dewar@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Keywords: Gravitation Spacetime Newton-Cartan gravitation Maxwell spacetime
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User: Neil Dewar
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2017 14:40
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2017 14:40
Item ID: 13198
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date: 12 July 2017
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13198

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