On the fragmentalist interpretation of special relativity.
Fragmentalism was first introduced by Kit Fine in his 'Tense and Reality' (Modality and tense: philosophical papers, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 261–320, 2005). According to fragmentalism, reality is an inherently perspectival place that exhibits a fragmented structure. The current paper def...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 177; no. 1; pp. 21 - 38 |
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