Frisch, Muller and Belot on an Inconsistency in Classical Electrodynamics
Vickers, Peter (2007) Frisch, Muller and Belot on an Inconsistency in Classical Electrodynamics.
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Abstract
This paper follows up a debate as to whether classical electrodynamics is inconsistent. Mathias Frisch makes the claim in Inconsistency, Asymmetry and Non-Locality ([2005]), but this has been quickly countered by Fred Muller ([2007]) and Gordon Belot ([2007]). Here I argue that both Muller and Belot fail to connect with the background assumptions which support Frisch’s claim. Responding to Belot I explicate Frisch’s position in more detail, before providing my own criticisms. Correcting Frisch’s position, I find that I can present the theory in a way both authors can agree upon. Differences then manifest themselves purely within the reasoning methods employed.
| Commentary on: | Belot, Gordon (2006) Is Classical Electrodynamics an Inconsistent Theory?. |
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| EPrint Type: | Preprint |
| Keywords: | Electrodynamics, Frisch, Muller, Belot, Consistent, Inconsistent, Consistency, Inconsistency |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Fields and Particles |
| ID Code: | 3661 |
| Deposited By: | Vickers, Peter |
| Deposited On: | 23 November 2007 |
| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |
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