Leibniz, Mach and Barbour

MCMP – Philosophy of Physics

English - November 06, 2013 15:08 - 38 minutes - 580 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Harvey Brown (Oxford) gives a talk in the colloquium "Journeys in Platonia: Celebrating 50 Years Since The End of Time" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Leibniz, Mach and Barbour". Abstract: My comments will be concerned with the way that Leibniz's and Mach's thinking on the nature of space have influenced Julian Barbour's approach to the formulation of dynamical theories.