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Space, Time and Geometry

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  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. Patrick Suppes

    1. Stanford University, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Causality and Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Causal Models and Space-Time Geometries

      • Zoltan Domotor
      Pages 3-55

    3. Temporally Symmetric Causal Relations in Minkowski Space-Time

      • George Berger
      Pages 56-71

    4. Notes on the Causal Theory of Time

      • John Earman
      Pages 72-84

    5. Earman on The Causal Theory of Time

      • Bas C. Van Fraassen
      Pages 85-93

    6. Kant’s Formulation of the Laws of Motion

      • Robert Palter
      Pages 94-114

    7. On Travelling Backward in Time

      • Robert Weingard
      Pages 115-130

    8. The Flow of Time

      • P. J. Zwart
      Pages 131-156

  3. Geometry of Space and Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Poincaré’s Philosophy of Space

      • Jules Vuillemin
      Pages 159-177

    3. On The Structure of Space-Time

      • Craig Harrison
      Pages 178-192

    4. Topology, Cosmology and Convention

      • Clark Glymour
      Pages 193-216

    5. Grünbaum on the Conventionality of Geometry

      • Michael Friedman
      Pages 217-233

    6. Reflections on a Relational Theory of Space

      • Arthur Fine
      Pages 234-267

    7. The Ontology of the Curvature of Empty Space in the Geometrodynamics of Clifford and Wheeler

      • Adolf Grünbaum
      Pages 268-295

    8. Relativity Principles, Absolute Objects and Symmetry Groups

      • Michael Friedman
      Pages 296-320

    9. Nondirected Light Signals and the Structure of Time

      • Robert W. Latzer
      Pages 321-365

    10. Coordinate-Free Relativity

      • Richard H. Hudgin
      Pages 366-382

    11. Some Open Problems in the Philosophy of Space and Time

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 383-401
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About this book

The articles in this volume have been stimulated in two different ways. More than two years ago the editor of Synthese, laakko Hintikka, an­ nounced a special issue devoted to space and time, and articles were solicited. Part of the reason for that announcement was also the second source of papers. Several years ago I gave a seminar on special relativity at Stanford, and the papers by Domotor, Harrison, Hudgin, Latzer and myself partially arose out of discussion in that seminar. All of the papers except those of Griinbaum, Fine, the second paper of Friedman, and the paper of Adams appeared in a special double issue of Synthese (24 (1972), Nos. 1-2). I am pleased to have been able to add the four additional papers mentioned in making the special issue a volume in the Synthese Library. Of these four additional articles, only the one by Fine has pre­ viously appeared in print (Synthese 22 (1971), 448-481); its relevance to the present volume is apparent. In preparing the papers for publication and in carrying out the various editonal chores of such a task, I am very much indebted to Mrs. Lillian O'Toole for her extensive assistance. INTRODUCTION The philosophy of space and time has been of permanent importance in philosophy, and most of the major historical figures in philosophy, such as Aristotle, Descartes and Kant, have had a good deal to say about the nature of space and time.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, USA

    Patrick Suppes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Space, Time and Geometry

  • Editors: Patrick Suppes

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2686-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2688-8Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2686-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 428

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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