Minimal approximations and Norton's dome

DOI10.1007/s11229-018-1676-0zbMath1474.70004OpenAlexW2789148099MaRDI QIDQ2052646

Samuel Craig Fletcher

Publication date: 26 November 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17239/1/dome_inf.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

determinismapproximationminimal modelsidealizationclassical physicsinertial reference frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatics, foundations (70A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

Cites Work

• What counts as a Newtonian system? The view from Norton's dome
• Proving the principle: taking geodesic dynamics too seriously in Einstein's theory
• On Norton's dome
• Asymptotics and the Role of Minimal Models
• Indeterminism, Gravitation, and Spacetime Theory

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