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

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Bateman-Cunningham conformal groupconventionalismexplanation and geometryNordström scalar gravityunderdetermination

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