Barrett, Thomas William (2014) Spacetime Structure. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper makes an observation about the ``amount of structure'' that different classical and relativistic spacetimes posit. The observation substantiates a suggestion made by Earman (1989) and yields a cautionary remark concerning the scope and applicability of structural parsimony principles.
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| Keywords: | spacetime, structure, Galilean spacetime, Newtonian spacetime, Minkowski spacetime | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Thomas Barrett | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2015 00:14 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2015 00:14 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11265 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | 2014 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11265 |
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