Linnemann, Niels and Read, James and Teh, Nicholas (2024) The local validity of special relativity from a scale-relative perspective. [Preprint]

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Most contemporary physicists hold that the local validity of special relativity (SR) within general relativity (GR) is expressed by means of an interdependent cluster of mathematical concepts, one of which is the existence of normal coordinate systems. Nonetheless, there remains conceptual work to be done with regard to this `standard story' on the local validity of SR in (a) clarifying how a network of mathematical concepts is recruited in a particular modelling context in order to account for the local validity of SR within GR, and (b) highlighting the richness and subtlety of this mode of modelling, as well as the way in which it interacts with the concept of `approximate Killing symmetry'. With this paper, we carry out this work, thereby also defending the standard story from concerns recently voiced in the philosophy of physics literature.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Linnemann, Niels nielslinnemann@aol.com 0000-0002-3695-8611 Read, James james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk Teh, Nicholas nteh@nd.edu
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Keywords:	General relativity, special relativity, effective field theory, equivalence principle
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Dr. James Read
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2024 03:11
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2024 03:11
Item ID:	23177
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	6 March 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23177

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