Gomori, Marton and Szabo, Laszlo E. (2011) How to move an electromagnetic field? [Preprint]
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As a first principle, it is the basic assumption of the standard relativistic formulation of classical electrodynamics (ED) that the physical laws describing the electromagnetic phenomena satisfy the relativity principle (RP). According to the standard view, this assumption is absolutely unproblematic, and its correctness is well confirmed, at least in a hypothetico-deductive sense, by means of the empirical confirmation of the consequences derived from it. In this paper, we will challenge this customary view as being somewhat simplistic. The RP is actually used in exceptional cases satisfying some special conditions. As we will see, however, it is quite problematic how the RP must be understood in the general case of a coupled particles + electromagnetic field system.
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| Keywords: | relativity principle covariance Maxwell--Lorentz motion Humean supervenience classical electrodynamics | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Laszlo E. Szabo | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2011 11:49 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2014 14:24 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 8784 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 12 September 2011 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8784 |
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