Space-time constructivism \textit{vs.} modal provincialism: Or, how special relativistic theories needn't show Minkowski chronogeometry

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2017.05.008zbMath1421.83004arXiv1710.06404OpenAlexW3099955107MaRDI QIDQ2272846

J. Brian Pitts

Publication date: 16 September 2019

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/1710.06404

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Physics (00A79)

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