Maxwell Gravitation

This article gives an explicit presentation of Newtonian gravitation on the backdrop of Maxwell space-time, giving a sense in which acceleration is relative in gravitational theory. However, caution is needed: assessing whether this is a robust or interesting sense of the relativity of acceleration...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophy of science 2018-04, Vol.85 (2), p.249-270
1. Verfasser: Dewar, Neil
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article gives an explicit presentation of Newtonian gravitation on the backdrop of Maxwell space-time, giving a sense in which acceleration is relative in gravitational theory. However, caution is needed: assessing whether this is a robust or interesting sense of the relativity of acceleration depends on some subtle technical issues and on substantive philosophical questions over how to identify the space-time structure of a theory.
ISSN:0031-8248
1539-767X
DOI:10.1086/696387