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Literal versus Careful Interpretations of Scientific Theories: The Vacuum Approach to the Problem of Motion in General Relativity.

The problem of motion in general relativity is about how exactly the gravitational field equations, the Einstein equations, are related to the equations of motion of material bodies subject to gravitational fields. This article compares two approaches to derive the geodesic motion of (test) matter f...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 84; no. 5; pp. 1202 - 1215
Main Author: Lehmkuhl, Dennis
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Dec2017
Subjects:
Einstein field equations
Relativity
Gravitational effects
Gravitational interactions
Geodesic flows
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost