3 papers
physics.hist-ph2026
On the detection of absolute velocity in a Newtonian universe
Jorge Manero, Ricardo Muciño, Elias Okon
As a fundamental arena for the development of his dynamics, Newton postulated the existence of absolute space, in which bodies innately possess absolute velocity. Despite this, New…
quant-ph2025
A disputable assumption behind the empirical equivalence between pilot-wave theory and standard quantum mechanics
J. Manero, R. Muciño, E. Okon
The de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory asserts that a complete characterization of an -particle system is given by its wave function together with the (at-all-times-defined) posi…
physics.hist-ph2024
What is a physical theory? Philosophers do have an answer by distinguishing two forms of empirical adequacy
Jorge Manero
What is a physical theory? Although this intriguing question has been addressed from many different perspectives, some physicists and philosophers of physics have implicitly or exp…