质量概念的演化及其哲学背景

The Evolution of the Concept of Mass and Its Philosophical Background

质量是物理学中最基本的概念之一。牛顿在原子论的基础上定义了质量概念,结构主义与操作主义试图通过拒斥物理实在来消解牛顿质量。在场本体论中,粒子的生成论替代了构成论,质量与能量概念是等价的。广义相对论中物质与空间等同实现了物理实在与结构实在的辩证统一。

Mass is one of the most basic concepts in physics. Newton definited it based on atomism. Structuralism and operationalism attempted to dispel Newton＇s concept of mass by rejecting the physical reality. In the ontology of the field, the constitution theory of particles is replaced by the generation theory, so that mass and energy are equivalent. In the general relativity, the equal of material and space leads to the dialectical unity of physical reality and structural reality.