Szabo, Laszlo E. (2010) Empirical Foundation of Space and Time. [Preprint]

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I will sketch a possible way of empirical/operational definition of space and time tags of physical events, without logical or operational circularities and with a minimal number of conventional elements. As it turns out, the task is not trivial; and the analysis of the problem leads to a few surprising conclusions.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Szabo, Laszlo E.
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in M. Suárez, M. Dorato and M. Rédei (eds.), EPSA07: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Berlin and New York: Springer.
Keywords:	time, space, distance, empiricism, operationalism, relativity, inertial motion, space-time coordinates, relative, absolute, conventionalism
Subjects:	General Issues > Theory/Observation General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Conventionalism General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism
Depositing User:	Prof. Laszlo E. Szabo
Date Deposited:	08 May 2010
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID:	5341
Subjects:	General Issues > Theory/Observation General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Conventionalism General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism
Date:	May 2010
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5341

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