Fundamental and Emergent Geometry in Newtonian Physics.
Using as a starting point recent and apparently incompatible conclusions by Saunders ([ 2013 ]) and Knox ([ 2014 ]), I revisit the question of the correct spacetime setting for Newtonian physics. I argue that understood correctly, these two versions of Newtonian physics make the same claims both abo...
| Publicado en: | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 1 - 33 |
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University of Chicago Press
Mar2020
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