Physical Systems Conceptual Pathways between Flat Space-time and Matter /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Belkind, Ori (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 264
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Astrophysics.; Philosophy of Science.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Based on the concept of a physical system, this book offers a new philosophical interpretation of classical mechanics and the Special Theory of Relativity. According to Belkind’s view the role of physical theory is to describe the motions of the parts of a physical system in relation to the motions...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• Physical Systems and Physical Thought
• Interpretations of Spacetime and the Principle of Relativity
• Primitive Motion Relationalism
• The History of Newtonian Mass
• Physical Systems and Mass
• Structural Assumptions, Newton’s Scientific Method, and the Universal Law of Gravitation
• The Special Theory of Relativity
• Conclusion.    .