Inconsistency in Classical Electrodynamics?
In a recent issue of this journal, M. Frisch claims to have proven that classical electrodynamics is an inconsistent physical theory. We argue that he has applied classical electrodynamics inconsistently. Frisch also claims that all other classical theories of electromagnetic phenomena, when consist...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 253 - 278 |
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Cambridge University Press
Apr2007
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