Afriat, Alexander and Caccese, Ermenegildo (2009) The relativity of inertia and reality of nothing. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 41. pp. 9-26. ISSN 1355-2198
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We first see that the inertia of Newtonian mechanics is absolute and troublesome. General relativity can be viewed as Einstein’s attempt to remedy, by making inertia relative to matter — perhaps imperfectly though, as at least a couple of freedom degrees separate inertia from matter in his theory. We consider ways the relationist (for whom it is of course unwelcome) can try to overcome such undetermination, dismissing it as physically meaningless, especially by insisting on the right transformation properties.
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| Keywords: | inertia, Mach’s principle, general relativity, gravitational waves, energy conservation, Einstein | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Alexander Afriat | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2013 08:26 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2013 08:26 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 9922 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | |||||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.08.003 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | February 2009 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 9-26 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 41 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1355-2198 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9922 |
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