Barrett, Thomas William (2022) Coordinates, Structure, and Classical Mechanics: A review of Jill North's Physics, Structure, and Reality. [Preprint]
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This is an essay review of Jill North's book Physics, Structure, and Reality. I focus on just two of the main topics of the book. The first is North's idea that we can use coordinates as a window into the structure that a theory posits. The second is North's argument for the inequivalence of Lagrangian and Newtonian mechanics.
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| Keywords: | structure, coordinates, classical mechanics, equivalence | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Thomas Barrett | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2022 03:44 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2022 03:44 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20366 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | March 2022 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20366 |
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