Petkov, Vesselin (2005) Is There an Alternative to the Block Universe View? [Preprint]

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This paper pursues two aims. First, to show that the block universe view, regarding the universe as a timelessly existing four-dimensional world, is the only one that is consistent with special relativity. Second, to argue that special relativity alone can resolve the debate on whether the world is three-dimensional or four-dimensional. The argument advanced in the paper is that if the world were three-dimensional the kinematic consequences of special relativity and more importantly the experiments confirming them would be impossible.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Petkov, Vesselin
Additional Information:	Published in: D. Dieks (ed.), The Ontology of Spacetime (Elsevier, Amsterdam 2006); "Philosophy and Foundations of Physics" Series, Volume 1, pp. 207-228.
Keywords:	Block universe, Minkowski spacetime, special relativity, existence
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Vesselin Petkov
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2012 23:30
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2012 23:30
Item ID:	9470
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	June 2005
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9470

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