Norton, John D. (2001) General Covariance, Gauge Theories and the Kretschmann Objection. [Preprint]
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Abstract
How can we reconcile two claims that are now both widely accepted: Kretschmann's claim that a requirement of general covariance is physically vacuous and the standard view that the general covariance of general relativity expresses the physically important diffeomorphism gauge freedom of general relativity? I urge that both claims can be held without contradiction if we attend to the context in which each is made.
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| Keywords: | Einstein Kretschmann Covariance Relativity Gauge |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
| Depositing User: | John Norton |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2001 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:10 |
| Item ID: | 380 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/380 |
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