Halvorson, Hans (2019) There is no invariant, four-dimensional stuff. [Preprint]

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Some philosophers say that in special relativity, four-dimensional stuff is invariant in some sense that three-dimensional stuff is not. I show that this claim is false.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Halvorson, Hans hhalvors@princeton.edu 0000-0003-3022-2344
Keywords:	special theory of relativity, four-dimensionalism, invariance
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Hans Halvorson
Date Deposited:	31 May 2019 14:05
Last Modified:	31 May 2019 14:05
Item ID:	16074
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	30 May 2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16074

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