time and space in special relativity a critique of the realist interpretation
Dissertation, university of tromsø (2010)
| Abstract | In this thesis the author focuses on the metaphysical implications of the realist interpretation of special relativity. The realist interpretation is found wanting in coherence as it utilizes metaphysical concepts (as causation) that are left unjustified if the theory is taken at face value. The author points at a possible re-interpretation of special relativity that allows for a coherent metaphysical basis while containing the mathematical structure of the theory. | |||||||||
| Keywords | physics relativity realism metaphysics kant kepler einstein | |||||||||
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