Space-time philosophy reconstructed \textit{via} massive Nordström scalar gravities? Laws \textit{vs.} geometry, conventionality, and underdetermination

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.10.003zbMath1331.83089arXiv1509.03303OpenAlexW1853957698MaRDI QIDQ5964893

J. Brian Pitts

Publication date: 1 March 2016

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03303

zbMATH Keywords

Bateman-Cunningham conformal groupconventionalismexplanation and geometryNordström scalar gravityunderdetermination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Physics (00A79)

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