Re: Real or not real, that the question!

[Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>]

At 11:01 AM -0500 12/10/02, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, Savinainen Antti wrote:
>
> > The approach I have tried out
> > is to start treating forces arising from *interactions*. Force
> > is defined to be a measure of strength of interaction between
> > two objects.

The "two objects" seem important.  How do you deal with fictitious forces?

> My approach is different; the concept of force is introduced
> as a "push or pull of any kind" that can be measured or
> experienced, at least in principle.
>
> Later we talk about real and fictitious forces; both kinds
> are measurable with force-meters, at least in principle.

But in the latter case you can't identify the object that is exerting the
push or pull.  Is that what you say?

Larry