Middleton, Ben and Murgueitio Ramírez, Sebastián (2022) Absolute velocities are measurable: Response to Jacobs. [Preprint]
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In 2020, Caspar Jacobs developed a response to Middleton and Murgueitio Ramírez (MMR) who argued that absolute velocity is measurable. In particular, Jacobs argued both that MMR’s analysis of measurement is not reasonable and that it does not entail that absolute velocities are measurable. In this note, we show that both parts of Jacobs’ criticism fail. Thus, pace Jacobs, MMR’s case remains a challenge to the orthodoxy.
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| Keywords: | absolute velocity, Newtonian mechanics, symmetry, measurement, possible worlds | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2023 14:05 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2023 14:05 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 22413 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | 12 July 2022 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22413 |
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