Simultaneity, Conventionality and Existence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | VESSELIN PETKOV (0000-0003-0678-4793, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-76 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/40.1.69 |
| OpenAlex | W2091631734 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The present paper pursues two aims. First to show that the experiment proposed by Stolakis [1986] does not lead to absolute synchronization in a single frame of reference and therefore also to the measurement of one-way velocity of light. Second, by consecutively considering the problems of the conventionality of simultaneity and of existence to show that the simultaneity of distant events can be a matter of convention only in a four-dimensional world.
Calculus (dental) · Classical mechanics · Combinatorics · Convention · Epistemology · Frame (networking) · Mathematical economics · Physics · Political science · Simultaneity · Synchronization (alternating current) · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Quantum Mechanics and Applications · Relativity and Gravitational Theory
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |