El debate sobre la masa relativista: el problema definicional y otros aspectos epistemológicos

Abstract

Some epistemological issues concerning the controversy of relativistic mass, including the translation/incommensu- rability problem, are presented. Properties of classical and relativistic masses and alternative ontological, functional, relational, and operational definitions are compared, including, ab initio, an operational definition of relativistic mass. It is concluded that there are a number of reasons to maintain the concept of relativistic mass in science teaching.