Is Curvature Intrinsic to Physical Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Nerlich (The University of Adelaide, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 439-458 |
| Publication date | 1979-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/288886 |
| OpenAlex | W2054970098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Wesley C. Salmon (1977) has written a characteristically elegant and ingenious paper The Curvature of Physical Space'. He argues in it that the curvature of a space cannot be intrinsic to it. Salmon relates his view that space is affinely amorphous to Grünbaum's view (Grünbaum 1973, esp. Ch. 16 & 22) that it is metrically amorphous and acknowledges parallels between the arguments which have been offered for each opinion. I wish to dispute these conclusions on philosophical grounds quite as much as on geometrical ones. Although I concentrate most on arguing for a well defined, intrinsic affinity for physical space the arguments extend easily to support a well defined, intrinsic metric
Curvature · Epistemology · Geometry · Metric (unit) · Parallels · Physical space · Physics · Space (punctuation) · Theoretical physics · Biofield Effects and Biophysics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Relativity and Gravitational Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2006 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |