Malament, David (2007) Norton's Slippery Slope. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
In my contribution to the Symposium ("On the Vagaries of Determinism and Indeterminism"), I will identify several issues that arise in trying to decide whether Newtonian particle mechanics qualifies as a deterministic theory. I'll also give a mini-tutorial on the geometry and dynamical properties of Norton's dome surface. The goal is to better understand how his example works, and better appreciate just how wonderfully strange it is.
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Additional Information: | The paper, in part, assumes familiarity with John Norton's "dome example", as described in "The Dome: An Unexpectedly Simple Failure of Determinism". The latter is available from this Archive. | ||||||
Keywords: | determinism, Newtonian particle mechanics, Painleve conjecture | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism |
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Depositing User: | David B. Malament | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2007 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:14 | ||||||
Item ID: | 3195 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism |
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Date: | 2007 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3195 |
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