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On Norton's dome

Jon Pérez Laraudogoitia

pp. 2925-2941

Abstract

Norton’s very simple case of indeterminism in classical mechanics has given rise to a literature critical of his result. I am interested here in posing a new objection different from the ones made to date. The first section of the paper expounds the essence of Norton’s model and my criticism of it. I then propose a specific modification in the absence of gravitational interaction. The final section takes into consideration a surprising consequence for classical mechanics from the new model introduced here.

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(2013) Synthese 190 (14).

Pages: 2925-2941

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0105-z

Full citation:

Pérez Laraudogoitia Jon (2013) „On Norton's dome“. Synthese 190 (14), 2925–2941.