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The Adolescence of Relativity: Einstein, Minkowski, and the Philosophy of Space and Time
operationalism Einstein Minkowski simultaneity conventionalism
2009/9/16
An often repeated account of the genesis of special relativity tells us that relativity theory was to a considerable extent the fruit of an operationalist philosophy of science. Indeed, Einstein’s 190...
This paper argues that the Einstein-Minkowski space-time of special relativity provides an adequate model for classical tense logic, including rigorous definitions of tensed becoming and of the logica...
The irrelevance of the presentist/eternalist debate for the ontology of Minkowski spacetime
Presentism eternalism Minkowski spacetime Ontology
2008/4/21
In this paper I argue that the debate between the so-called “presentists” – according to whom only the present is real – and the “eternalists”, according to whom past present and future are equally re...
Why is Time Frame-dependent in Relativity? Minkowski's spacetime as a Kantian 'condition of possibility' for relativistic calculations
Special relativity Ontology
2008/4/18
The kinematic consequences of special relativity can be expressed in three-dimensional language. Remarkably, this does not mean that, for making special relativity operational, positing a three-dimens...
It is argued that Minkowski space-time cannot serve as the deep structure within a ``constructive'' version of the special theory of relativity, contrary to widespread opinion in the philosophical com...