| Author(s) |
Forrest, Peter
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| Publication Date |
2006
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| Abstract |
It is not easy to state special relativity without begging various questions of interpretation. The following is my attempt to do so. First I say a statement is 'physically necessary' if it is entailed by the correct statements of laws of nature together with any metaphysically necessary truths. Next I assume that there are many ways of assigning coordinates t, x, y, z to events. Then by a 'relative transformation' of coordinates, I mean one that preserves the quasi-metric:- (t₁–t₂)² + (x₁–x₂)² + (y₁– y₂)² + (z₁– z₂)².Then special relativity tells us that if S is any physically necessary statement then so is S´ the result of systematically replacing t, x, y, z by t´, x´, y´ and z´.
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| Citation |
Zeit und Geschichte: Beiträge des 28. Internationalen Wittgenstein Symposiums [Time and History: Proceedings of the 28th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium], p. 73-75
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| ISBN |
3938793171
9783938793176
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| ISSN |
1022-3398
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| Publisher |
Ontos Verlag
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| Title |
Who's Afraid of Special Relativity?
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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