Newton’s example of the two globes
| buir.contributor.author | Solomon, Monica | |
| buir.contributor.orcid | Solomon, Monica|0000-0001-8719-428X | |
| dc.citation.epage | 114 | en_US |
| dc.citation.spage | 95 | |
| dc.citation.volumeNumber | 343 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Solomon, Monica | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-19T06:42:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-19T06:42:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-28 | |
| dc.department | Department of Philosophy | |
| dc.description | Chapter 6 | |
| dc.description.abstract | At the end of the Scholium Newton includes a long paragraph about two globes revolving around their center of gravity and held together by a tensed cord. It has been interpreted as a thought experiment (Sect. 6.2) meant to show how the properties of true circular motion defined as absolute motion can be determined in a three-dimensional empty universe. I start by showing that this reading of Newton’s example as a bona fide thought experiment is riddled with interpretation problems and that it is less straightforward than so far assumed (Sect. 6.3). | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3_6 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3 | |
| dc.identifier.eisbn | 978-3-031-41041-3 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-031-41040-6 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0068-0346 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11693/114928 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.publisher | Springer, Cham | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Theory, Evidence, Data: Themes from George E. Smith | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science ; (BSPS, volume 343) | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3_6 | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41041-3 | |
| dc.source.title | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science | |
| dc.title | Newton’s example of the two globes | |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |