I offer one possible explanation of why inertial and gravitational mass are equal in Newtonian gravitation. I then argue that the explanation given is an example of a kind of explanation that is not captured by standard philosophical accounts of scientific explanation. Moreover, this form of explanation is particularly important, at least in physics, because demands for this kind of explanation are used to motivate and shape research into the next generation of physical theories
The possibility of an extrinsic origin for inertial reaction forces hasrecently seen increased atten...
Intertheoretic reduction in physics aspires to be both to be explanatory and perfectly general: it e...
The underlying idea in Mach's principle is that the origin of inertia or mass of a particle is a dyn...
I offer one possible explanation of why inertial and gravitational mass are equal in Newtonian gravi...
It is sometimes said there are two ways of formulating Newtonian gravitation theory. On the first, m...
The sameness between the inertial mass and the gravitational mass is an assumption and not a consequ...
I begin by reviewing some recent work on the status of the geodesic principle in general relativity ...
Why does {\bf F} equal m{\bf a} in Newton's equation of motion? How does a gravitational field produ...
It is argued that Newtonian mass cannot be reduced to kinematical quantities---distance, velocity an...
The deductive-nomological account, various causal accounts, and various unificationist accounts of e...
Einsteins theory of General relativity is a popular theory, but unfortunately it cannot account for ...
An overview of the experimental and observational status in gravitational physics is given, both for...
Although it has been known since the time of Newton, nearly three centuries ago, that bodies attract...
Gravity is the most easily observed fundamental force. Seeing the effect of gravity at the macroscop...
Newtonian mechanics is more than just an empirically successful theory of matter in motion: it is an...
The possibility of an extrinsic origin for inertial reaction forces hasrecently seen increased atten...
Intertheoretic reduction in physics aspires to be both to be explanatory and perfectly general: it e...
The underlying idea in Mach's principle is that the origin of inertia or mass of a particle is a dyn...
I offer one possible explanation of why inertial and gravitational mass are equal in Newtonian gravi...
It is sometimes said there are two ways of formulating Newtonian gravitation theory. On the first, m...
The sameness between the inertial mass and the gravitational mass is an assumption and not a consequ...
I begin by reviewing some recent work on the status of the geodesic principle in general relativity ...
Why does {\bf F} equal m{\bf a} in Newton's equation of motion? How does a gravitational field produ...
It is argued that Newtonian mass cannot be reduced to kinematical quantities---distance, velocity an...
The deductive-nomological account, various causal accounts, and various unificationist accounts of e...
Einsteins theory of General relativity is a popular theory, but unfortunately it cannot account for ...
An overview of the experimental and observational status in gravitational physics is given, both for...
Although it has been known since the time of Newton, nearly three centuries ago, that bodies attract...
Gravity is the most easily observed fundamental force. Seeing the effect of gravity at the macroscop...
Newtonian mechanics is more than just an empirically successful theory of matter in motion: it is an...
The possibility of an extrinsic origin for inertial reaction forces hasrecently seen increased atten...
Intertheoretic reduction in physics aspires to be both to be explanatory and perfectly general: it e...
The underlying idea in Mach's principle is that the origin of inertia or mass of a particle is a dyn...
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