Samaroo, Ryan (2011) On identifying background-structure in classical field theories. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper concerns the concept of background-structure in a classical field theory. I propose and evaluate three ways of fixing the extension of the concept, giving particular attention to the bearing of the Anderson-Friedman definition of an absolute object on that task. I attempt to show that, though that task cannot end with the Anderson-Friedman definition, that definition sharpens-–-and does not blur–-–the particular feature of general relativity that is the basis of nearly all attempts to fix the extension of the concept.
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| Keywords: | relativity theory; general covariance; background-structure; background-independence; Anderson-Friedman definition of an absolute object; Newton; Einstein |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ryan Samaroo |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2011 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2011 06:53 |
| Item ID: | 8802 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8802 |
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