Brown, Harvey R. and Read, James (2016) Clarifying possible misconceptions in the foundations of general relativity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We discuss what we take to be three possible misconceptions in the foundations of general relativity, relating to: (a) the interpretation of the weak equivalence principle and the relationship between gravity and inertia; (b) the connection between gravitational redshift results and spacetime curvature; and (c) the Einstein equivalence principle and the ability to ``transform away" gravity in local inertial coordinate systems.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Brown, Harvey R. harvey.brown@philosophy.ox.ac.uk Read, James james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Additional Information:	25 pages
Keywords:	weak equivalence principle, redshift, strong equivalence principle
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Prof Harvey R Brown
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2016 01:51
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 01:51
Item ID:	11976
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	18 March 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11976

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