Medición científica y el caso de Einstein contra Lorentz

• Miguel Agustín Aguilar Sandoval ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 54, Nº. 160, 2022, págs. 3-30
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2022.1308
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  • español

    A inicios del siglo XX, Albert Einstein y Hendrik Lorentz produjeron explicaciones diferentes acerca de los mismos fenómenos. Sin embargo, rápidamente se produjo un consenso, en favor de Einstein, que ha sido difícil de comprender para historiadores y filósofos de la ciencia. La literatura reciente explica ese éxito señalando conflictos entre algunas ideas de Lorentz y la temprana física cuántica. Sin negar que esos factores pudieron contribuir en la aceptación de la relatividad especial, propongo una explicación complementaria en la que atribuyo el éxito de Einstein al uso de la estabilidad de la medición de la velocidad de la luz.

  • English

    At the beginning of the 20th century, Albert Einstein and Hendrik Lorentz produced different explanations for the same phenomena. However, there was a consensus in favor of Einstein, which has been difficult for historians and philosophers of science to understand. Recent literature explains that success by pointing out conflicts between some ideas of Lorentz and the early quantum physics.

    Despite the fact that those events could contribute to the acceptance of special relativity, I propose a complementary explanation in which I attribute Einstein’s success to his use of the stability of the speed of light measurement

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