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Time, Inertia and the Relativity Principle

Arthur, Richard T. W. (2007) Time, Inertia and the Relativity Principle. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In this paper I try to sort out a tangle of issues regarding time, inertia, proper time and the so-called “clock hypothesis” raised by Harvey Brown's discussion of them in his recent book, Physical Relativity. I attempt to clarify the connection between time and inertia, as well as the deficiencies in Newton's “derivation” of Corollary 5, by giving a group theoretic treatment original with J.-P. Provost. This shows how both the Galilei and Lorentz transformations may be derived from the relativity principle on the basis of certain elementary assumptions regarding time. I then reflect on the implications of this derivation for understanding proper time and the clock hypothesis.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
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Arthur, Richard T. W.
Keywords: Time, relativity, inertia, Harvey Brown, Physical Relativity
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Richard T. W. Arthur
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2007
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:15
Item ID: 3660
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 2007
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3660

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