Why Special Relativity is a Problem for the A-Theory.
Neither special nor general relativity make any use of a notion of absolute simultaneity. Since A-Theories about time do make use of such a notion, it is natural to suspect that relativity and A-Theory are inconsistent. Many authors have argued that they are in fact not inconsistent, and I agree wit...
| Published in: | Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 70; no. 279; pp. 385 - 407 |
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Apr2020
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