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Relative simultaneity in the special relativity
Philosophy of Science 44 (3):464-474 (1977)
Abstract
In this paper a method is proposed for empirically determining simultaneity at a distance within the special theory of relativity. It is argued that this method is independent of Einstein's signalling method and provides a basis for denying the conventionality of distant simultaneity.My notes
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Citations of this work
Relative simultaneity in the special relativity.Frank Jackson & Robert Pargetter - 1977 - Philosophy of Science 44 (3):464-474.
Comment on "relative simultaneity in the special theory of relativity".Carlo Giannoni - 1979 - Philosophy of Science 46 (2):306-309.
Jackson and Pargetter's criterion of distant simultaneity.Roberto Torretti - 1979 - Philosophy of Science 46 (2):302-305.
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Relativity. The Special and General Theory.J. E. Trevor, Albert Einstein & Robert W. Lawson - 1921 - Philosophical Review 30 (2):213.
Special relativity without one-way velocity assumptions: Part I.John A. Winnie - 1970 - Philosophy of Science 37 (1):81-99.
Conventionality in distant simulataneity.Brian Ellis & Peter Bowman - 1967 - Philosophy of Science 34 (2):116-136.
Simultaneity by Slow Clock Transport in the Special Theory of Relativity.Adolf Grünbaum - 1969 - Philosophy of Science 36 (1):5 - 43.
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