Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1161290 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | 2010 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
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 underdetermination, dismissing it as physically meaningless, especially by insisting on the right transformation properties.
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Authors
Alexander Afriat, Ermenegildo Caccese,