Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?

Fil: Zabaleta Imaz, Josu. Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; España.

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spelling ir-20.500.11807-25262020-12-16T16:30:33Z Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable? ¿Es falsable la igualdad entre la masa inercial y la gravitacional? Zabaleta Imaz, Josu Masa inercial Masa gravitacional Concepción estructural (Filosofía) Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 Inertial mass Gravitational mass Structural view (Philosophy) Massa inercial Massa gravitacional Concepção estrutural (Filosofia) Fil: Zabaleta Imaz, Josu. Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; España. Following a suggestion made by Einstein, a non-empirical or structural interpretation of the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass is proposed. To this aim, I will relate my line of argument regarding the foundations of the General Relativity to an analogous passage on the history of science in Newton’s preparatory works for the Principia. In both cases, two concepts of mass are mere expressions of two different frames of reference (inertial for Newton, non-inertial for Einstein). As a result, the ongoing experiments, whose aim is to prove empirically the equality between the inertial and gravitational mass, should not be accepted. Siguiendo una sugerencia de Einstein, se propone una interpretación no-empírica o estructural de la igualdad entre la masa inercial y la gravitacional. Para ello, relacionaré mi línea argumental sobre los fundamentos de la Relatividad General con un pasaje análogo de la historia de la ciencia en los trabajos preparatorios de Newton para los Principia. En ambos casos, los dos conceptos de masa son meras expresiones de dos marcos de referencia diferentes (inercial para Newton, no inercial para Einstein). En consecuencia, no deben aceptarse los experimentos en curso, cuyo objetivo es demostrar empíricamente la igualdad entre la masa inercial y la gravitatoria. 2018-10-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://ridaa.unq.edu.ar/handle/20.500.11807/2526 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Quilmes Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero Metatheoria 1853-2322 (impresa) 1853-2330 (en línea)
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topic Masa inercial
Masa gravitacional
Concepción estructural (Filosofía)
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
Inertial mass
Gravitational mass
Structural view (Philosophy)
Massa inercial
Massa gravitacional
Concepção estrutural (Filosofia)
spellingShingle Masa inercial
Masa gravitacional
Concepción estructural (Filosofía)
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
Inertial mass
Gravitational mass
Structural view (Philosophy)
Massa inercial
Massa gravitacional
Concepção estrutural (Filosofia)
Zabaleta Imaz, Josu
Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
description Fil: Zabaleta Imaz, Josu. Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; España.
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author Zabaleta Imaz, Josu
author_facet Zabaleta Imaz, Josu
author_sort Zabaleta Imaz, Josu
title Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
title_short Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
title_full Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
title_fullStr Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
title_full_unstemmed Is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
title_sort is the equality between the inertial and the gravitational mass empirically falsifiable?
publisher Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
publishDate 2018
url http://ridaa.unq.edu.ar/handle/20.500.11807/2526
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