Foundations of Space Time Theories
Conference On Absolute and Relational Theories Of Space and Space-Time, Boston University, 1974 & John Earman & Clark N. Glymour & John J. Stachel & Minnesota Center For Philosophy Of Science & Minneapolis Conference On The Foundations Of Space-Time
Language: English
Published by Univ of Minnesota Pr, Minneapolis, MN, 1977
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- Foundations of Space Time Theories
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- Conference On Absolute and Relational Theories Of Space and Space-Time, Boston University, 1974 & John Earman & Clark N. Glymour & John J. Stachel & Minnesota Center For Philosophy Of Science & Minneapolis Conference On The Foundations Of Space-Time
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- Univ of Minnesota Pr, Minneapolis, MN
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- 1977
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- Good
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- Hardcover
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- English
- ISBN 10
- 0816608075
- ISBN 13
- 9780816608072
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Table of Contents
Some Philosophical Prehistory of General Relativity. Howard Stein.
Indistinguishable Space-times and the Fundamental Group. Clark Glymour.
Observationally Indistinguishable Space-Times: Comments on Glymour’s Paper. David Malament
Prediction in General Relativity. Robert Geroch.
Time in General Relativity. C J. S. Clarke.
Till the End of Time. John Earman.
The Causal Theory of Minkowski Space-Time. John Winnie.
Facts, Conventions, and Assumptions in the Theory of Space-Time. Lawrence Sklar.
Geometry and Observables. Peter G. Bergmann.
The Curvature of Physical Space. Wesley C. Salmon.
Absolute and Relational Theories of Space-Time. Adolf Grunbaum.
On Space-Time Ontology: Extracts from a Letter to Adolf Grunbaum. Howard Stein.
Simultaneity in Newtonian Mechanics and Special Relativity. Michael Friedman.
On Conventionality of Simultaneity - Another Reply. Peter A. Bowman
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