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Absolute Simultaneity and the Principle of Stable Causality
Presentism special relativity philosophy of time relativity of simultaneity
2016/5/31
Einsteins relativity of simultaneity had a deep impact on the pilosophy of time. A first conclusion is that there is no such thing as absolute time.Furthermore according to relativity of simultaneity ...
Simultaneity,Convention,and Gauge Freedom
simultaneity convention special relativity gauge freedom hole argument
2016/5/31
As is well known from Einstein (1905) the choice of a criterion for distant simultaneity is equivalent to stipulating one-way speeds for the transit of light. It is shown that any choice of non-standa...
The relativity of simultaneity and presentism
presentism eternalism theory of relativity relativity of simultaneity Einstein
2016/5/27
According to conventional wisdom, presentism is at odds with the theory of relativity. This is supposed to be shown quite simply just by considering the relativity of simultaneity. In this paper I wil...
On various senses of “conventional” and their interrelation in the philosophy of physics: simultaneity as a case study
conventionality simultaneity relativity theory
2009/9/16
My aim in this note is to disambiguate various senses of ‘conventional’ that in the philosophy of physics have been frequently conflated. As a case study, I will refer to the well-known issue of the c...
Reichenbach and the Conventionality of Distant Simultaneity in Perspective
Reichenbach neo-Kantianism conventionalism simultaneity
2009/9/16
We take another look at Reichenbach’s 1920 conversion to conventionalism, with a special eye to the background of his ‘conventionality of distant simultaneity’ thesis. We argue that elements of Reiche...
Reichenbach and the Conventionality of Distant Simultaneity in Perspective
Reichenbach, neo-Kantianism, conventionalism, simultaneity
2011/9/7
We take another look at Reichenbach’s 1920 conversion to conventionalism, with a special eye to the background of his ‘conventionality of distant simultaneity’ thesis. We argue that elements of Reiche...
Conventionality of Simultaneity and Reality
One-way velocity of light conventionality of simultaneity spacetime dimensionality of the world
2011/9/7
An important epistemological lesson can be learned from the impossibility to determine the one-way velocity of light and the immediate implication that simultaneity is conventional. The vicious circle...
David Malament and the Conventionality of Simultaneity: A Reply
Grunbaum's Reply to Malament metrical simultaneity
2008/4/11
In 1977, David Malament proved the valuable technical result that the simultaneity relation of standard synchrony with respect to an inertial observer O is uniquely definable in terms of the relation ...