Theories of Newtonian gravity and empirical indistinguishability

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2003.10.004MaRDI QIDQ640072zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jonathan Bain

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2003.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

Newtonian gravityempirical indistinguishabilitygauge system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) General histories, source books (01A05) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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