Lexicon of Arguments

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III 48
Absolute Point of Rest/Newton/Field: Newton considers absolute rest possible and necessary to define absolute acceleration (bucket experiment). Absolute Acceleration/Newton: uses the laws of mechanics for explanation - acceleration can only be explained by absolute speed. For this we need an absolute point of rest.
FieldVs: that does not work, because the theory itself cannot pick out a reference system.
>Reference systems.
III 49
MachVsNewton: theory change, does not need a resting point.
FieldVsMach/FieldVsTheory Change: better: define acceleration without numerical speed and resting point.
FieldVsTensors: they are arbitrary.
Solution/Field: simultaneity.
Point: sameness of place over time is absolute rest.
Vs: that does not work within Newton's theory!
Solution: concept of space without structure (intrinsic).
Solution: affine geometry - (this also for Newton).
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IV 419
Relativism/Absolute/Field: statements about justification relative to a system are absolutely true or false.

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