Why Reichenbach wasn't entirely wrong, and Poincaré was almost right, about geometric conventionalism.
The present paper revisits conventionalism about the geometry of classical and relativistic spacetimes. By means of critically examining a recent evaluation of conventionalism, we clarify key themes of, and rectify common misunderstandings about, conventionalism. Reichenbach's variant is demarcated...
| Publicado en: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 96; pp. 154 - 174 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2022
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