马赫的原理和马赫的假设
1University of Bristol, Cotham House, Bristol, BS6 6JL, United Kingdom.
Studies in history and philosophy of science
|December 5, 2023
概括
马赫原理重新解释惯性运动不是无原因的,而是由环境因素引起的. 这种分析澄清了马赫早期关于惯性的著作,并支持了早期爱因斯坦的研究计划.
科学领域:
- 物理 物理学 物理
- 科学的历史科学的历史.
背景情况:
- 恩斯特·马赫批评了牛顿的第一定律,提出惯性是环境引起的.
- 由于马赫后来避免使用因果语言,马赫的原理一直受到解释.
研究的目的:
- 为了澄清马赫关于惯性运动的原理的基本断言.
- 为了区分马赫的形式要求与关于惯性的起源的假设.
- 分析马赫的早期著作,以解决解释性争议.
主要方法:
- 对马赫早期著作进行密切的文本分析.
- 区分马赫的形式原理与特定的因果假设.
- 评估二级文献,包括诺顿和迪萨尔的报道.
主要成果:
- 惯性运动由马赫定义为由同质的环境方面引起的,而不是因缺乏原因而引起的.
- 马赫的早期著作提供了一个不那么模两可的表达他的批评.
- 这项研究捍卫了爱因斯坦早期研究的马契主义合法性.
结论:
- 马赫原理从根本上将惯性与环境原因联系起来.
- 了解马赫的早期思想对于解决解释性辩论至关重要.
- 早期爱因斯坦的研究与马希原理一致.
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