Torretti, Roberto (2007) Getting rid of the Ether: Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy? THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 22 (3). pp. 3353-374. ISSN 2171-679X

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Abstract

Assuming, with Hasok Chang, that the history and philosophy of science can contribute to scientific knowledge, particularly when it is a matter of disposing of groundless or useless notions, I examine the case of the luminiferous ether, and seek to ascertain what factors may have kept it alive until 1905, when Ein-stein declared it superfluous.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Torretti, Roberto roberto.torretti@gmail.com
Additional Information:	ISSN: 0495-4548 (print)
Keywords:	ether, lines of force, Maxwell-Lorentz electrodynamics, special relativity
Depositing User:	Users 15304 not found.
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2014 19:57
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2014 21:47
Item ID:	10425
Journal or Publication Title:	THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
Publisher:	Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco
Official URL:	http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1387/theoria.457
Date:	2007
Page Range:	pp. 3353-374
Volume:	22
Number:	3
ISSN:	2171-679X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10425

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