Martens, Niels C M (2016) Against Reducing Newtonian Mass to Kinematical Quantities. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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It is argued that Newtonian mass cannot be reduced to kinematical quantities---distance, velocity and acceleration---without losing the explanatory and predictive power of Newtonian Gravity.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Martens, Niels C M niels.martens@philosophy.ox.ac.uk 0000-0002-2839-1387
Keywords:	Mass, Newtonian Gravity, reduction, Mach, comparativism
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User:	Dr Niels C.M. Martens
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2016 19:00
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2016 19:00
Item ID:	12309
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date:	2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12309

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