Bacelar Valente, Mario (2018) What do light clocks say to us regarding the so-called clock hypothesis? THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 33 (3). pp. 435-446. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
The clock hypothesis is taken to be an assumption independent of special relativity necessary to describe accelerated clocks. This enables to equate the time read off by a clock to the proper time. Here, it is considered a physical system–the light clock–proposed by Marzke and Wheeler. Recently, Fletcher proved a theorem that shows that a sufficiently small light clock has a time reading that approximates to an arbitrary degree the proper time. The clock hypothesis is not necessary to arrive at this result. Here, one explores the consequences of this regarding the status of the clock hypothesis.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | light clock; proper time; clock hypothesis; relativity | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2018 20:41 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2018 20:41 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15442 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.18143 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Date: | September 2018 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 435-446 | ||||||
| Volume: | 33 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15442 |
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