Halvorson, Hans (2020) Momentum and Context. [Preprint]

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A sentence's meaning may depend on the state of motion of the speaker. I argue that this context-sensitivity blocks the inference from special relativity to four-dimensionalism.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Halvorson, Hans hhalvors@princeton.edu
Keywords:	special relativity, four-dimensionalism, semantics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Hans Halvorson
Date Deposited:	23 May 2020 03:43
Last Modified:	23 May 2020 03:43
Item ID:	17205
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	21 May 2020
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17205

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