David Malament and the conventionality of simultaneity: a reply

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9328-3MaRDI QIDQ535620zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adolf Grünbaum

Publication date 13 May 2011

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/184/1/malament.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

conventionality of simultaneityEinstein's special relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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