La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial

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Autor(a) principal: Cassini, Alejandro
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Levinas, Leonardo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Scientiae Studia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/11050
Resumo: We attempt to elucidate how different theoretical assumptions bring about radically different interpretations of the same experimental result. In order to do it, we analyze Einstein's special relativity as it was originally formulated in 1905. We then examine its singular relation with the result of the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment. We point out that in diverse historical contexts one and the same experiment can be thought of as providing different - often incompatible - conceptualizations of phenomena. This permits us to show why special relativity prevailed over its rival theories. Einstein's theory made possible a new reinterpretation of Michelson-Morley experiment by relating it with a novel phenomenon, namely, the invariance of the speed of light, which was not the one originally investigated in that experiment. This fact enables us to answer the question about how this experiment could have been interpreted in a completely different historical context, such as seventeenth-century science, when Earth's orbital motion was still a questionable hypothesis.
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spelling La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial The radical reinterpretation of Michelson-Morley’s experiment by special relativity Experimento de Michelson-MorleyPostulados de la relatividad especialContexto histórico del experimentoPresupuestos e hipótesis auxiliaresMichelson-Morley experimentPostulates of special relativityHistorical context of the experimentAssumptions and auxiliary hipotheses We attempt to elucidate how different theoretical assumptions bring about radically different interpretations of the same experimental result. In order to do it, we analyze Einstein's special relativity as it was originally formulated in 1905. We then examine its singular relation with the result of the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment. We point out that in diverse historical contexts one and the same experiment can be thought of as providing different - often incompatible - conceptualizations of phenomena. This permits us to show why special relativity prevailed over its rival theories. Einstein's theory made possible a new reinterpretation of Michelson-Morley experiment by relating it with a novel phenomenon, namely, the invariance of the speed of light, which was not the one originally investigated in that experiment. This fact enables us to answer the question about how this experiment could have been interpreted in a completely different historical context, such as seventeenth-century science, when Earth's orbital motion was still a questionable hypothesis. Pretendemos dilucidar de qué manera diferentes presupuestos teóricos producen interpretaciones radicalmente distintas de los resultados de un mismo experimento. Para ello analizamos la relatividad especial tal como fuera formulada por Einstein en 1905 y estudiamos su singular relación con los resultados del experimento de Michelson y Morley de 1887. Mostramos cómo en diversos contextos históricos es posible que un mismo experimento pueda ser enmarcado en conceptualizaciones diferentes, muchas veces incompatibles entre sí, de los fenómenos. Ello nos permite mostrar por qué la relatividad especial se impuso sobre las teorías rivales al haber hecho posible una reinterpretación de dicho experimento y ponerlo en relación con un fenómeno novedoso - la invariancia de la velocidad de la luz - que no había sido originalmente investigado. Además, nos permite responder a la pregunta acerca de cómo este experimento hubiese sido interpretado en contextos tan diferentes como el propio de la ciencia en el siglo XVII donde el movimiento de la Tierra era todavía una hipótesis cuestionable. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2005-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/1105010.1590/S1678-31662005000400002Scientiae Studia; v. 3 n. 4 (2005); 583-596Scientiae Studia; Vol. 3 Núm. 4 (2005); 583-596Scientiae Studia; Vol. 3 No. 4 (2005); 583-5962316-89941678-3166reponame:Scientiae Studia (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPspahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/11050/12818Cassini, AlejandroLevinas, Leonardoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2014-09-08T10:55:57Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/11050Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1678-3166&lng=pt&nrm=isoPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/oaiariconda@usp.br2316-89941678-3166opendoar:2014-09-08T10:55:57Scientiae Studia (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
The radical reinterpretation of Michelson-Morley’s experiment by special relativity
title La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
spellingShingle La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
Cassini, Alejandro
Experimento de Michelson-Morley
Postulados de la relatividad especial
Contexto histórico del experimento
Presupuestos e hipótesis auxiliares
Michelson-Morley experiment
Postulates of special relativity
Historical context of the experiment
Assumptions and auxiliary hipotheses
title_short La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
title_full La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
title_fullStr La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
title_full_unstemmed La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
title_sort La reinterpretación radical del experimento de Michelson-Morley por la relatividad especial
author Cassini, Alejandro
author_facet Cassini, Alejandro
Levinas, Leonardo
author_role author
author2 Levinas, Leonardo
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cassini, Alejandro
Levinas, Leonardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Experimento de Michelson-Morley
Postulados de la relatividad especial
Contexto histórico del experimento
Presupuestos e hipótesis auxiliares
Michelson-Morley experiment
Postulates of special relativity
Historical context of the experiment
Assumptions and auxiliary hipotheses
topic Experimento de Michelson-Morley
Postulados de la relatividad especial
Contexto histórico del experimento
Presupuestos e hipótesis auxiliares
Michelson-Morley experiment
Postulates of special relativity
Historical context of the experiment
Assumptions and auxiliary hipotheses
description We attempt to elucidate how different theoretical assumptions bring about radically different interpretations of the same experimental result. In order to do it, we analyze Einstein's special relativity as it was originally formulated in 1905. We then examine its singular relation with the result of the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment. We point out that in diverse historical contexts one and the same experiment can be thought of as providing different - often incompatible - conceptualizations of phenomena. This permits us to show why special relativity prevailed over its rival theories. Einstein's theory made possible a new reinterpretation of Michelson-Morley experiment by relating it with a novel phenomenon, namely, the invariance of the speed of light, which was not the one originally investigated in that experiment. This fact enables us to answer the question about how this experiment could have been interpreted in a completely different historical context, such as seventeenth-century science, when Earth's orbital motion was still a questionable hypothesis.
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