Consolidation of a Physics Paradigm
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This paper shows how Einstein had to modify concepts considered fixed (inertial mass, gravitational mass, and gravity) in order for a series of new experimental facts, which did not fit within Newton’s paradigm, to be integrated into a coherent world ruled by a superseding paradigm: relativistic mechanics.
Newton’s and Einstein’s paradigms are approached with the conceptual schema that Thomas S. Kuhn described in his conception of theories as structures, which is an essential aspect of knowledge development from any historical point of view.
The paper concludes with Einstein’s proposal on how to consolidate a paradigm.
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