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Logic of possibility (view source)
Revision as of 15:25, November 23, 2013
, 15:25, November 23, 2013Einstein and Logic of Possibility
Although it is not a fault to make such modest forms of expressions, they are in fact a formulae of a [[creed]] and not of a [[scientific theory]].<ref name="Hull"/>
Although it is not a fault to make such modest forms of expressions, they are in fact a formulae of a [[creed]] and not of a [[scientific theory]].<ref name="Hull"/>
==Adopting the Logic of Possibility in the Einstein's General Theory of Relativity==
[[Einstein]] asserted in his book ''The meaning of Relativity'' (1922) that according to his conviction the possibility of explaining the numerical equality of [[inertia]] and [[gravitation]] by the unity of their nature is a sufficient reason for holding [[General Theory of Relativity]] as superior over the conceptions of classical theories and for considering all the difficulties encountered when making a way for his new theory "as small" in this respect.<ref>{{cite book |author=Marco M. Capria, Aubert Daigneaut et al. |title=Physics Before and After Einstein |publisher=IOS Press |year=2005 |chapter=5. General Relativity: Gravitation as Geometry and the Machian Programme |isbn=1-58603-462-6 |url=
|quote=The importance of the asserted identity of the two masses was stressed by Einstein in unambiguous terms: ''The possibility of explaining the numerical equality of inertia and gravitation by the unity of their nature gives to the general theory of relativity, according to my conviction, such a superiority over the conceptions of classical mechanics, that all the difficulties encountered must be considered as small in comparison with this progress.''}}</ref>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==