On Friday, October 06, 2000 10:49 PM Damien Broderick
d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
> >since we know Mach is wrong, the conclusion does not follow.
>
> Oh. Good.
>
> What *is* the origin of inertia, then? [Any mention of zero-point EM
fields
> earns instant disqualification]
I don't know, but Ernst Mach's notion is not valid. For differing views
(differing from Mach) on this see Lawrence Sklar's _Space, Time, and
Spacetime_, Michael Friedman's _Foundations of Space-Time Theories_, and
John Earman's _World Enough and Space-time: Absolute versus Relational
Theories of Space and Time_. Earman and Friedman are the more technical
works in the lot, though all should be required reading for those wishing to
express an informed opinion on the subject.
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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