Erich Kretschmann as a proto-logical-empiricist: adventures and misadventures of the point-coincidence argument

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2012.11.004MaRDI QIDQ2436243zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marco Giovanelli

Publication date 21 February 2014

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 http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1737388

zbMATH Keywords

conventionalismErich Kretschmanngeneral relativitylogical empiricismMoritz Schlickpoint coincidence argument

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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