Spacetime and Electromagnetism: An Essay on the Philosophy of the Special Theory of Relativity
Oxford University Press (1990)
| Abstract | That space and time should be integrated into a single entity, spacetime, is the great insight of Einstein's special theory of relativity, and leads us to regard spacetime as a fundamental context in which to make sense of the world around us. But it is not the only one. Causality is equally important and at least as far as the special theory goes, it cannot be subsumed under a fundamentally geometrical form of explanation. In fact, the agent of propagation of causal influence is electromagnetic radiation. In this examination, the authors find support for a rationalist approach to physics, never neglecting experimentation, but rejecting a simple empiricist or positivist view of science. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Special relativity (Physics Electromagnetism Space and time Causality (Physics | |||||||||
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| Call number | QC173.65.L83 1990 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0198520387 0198520395 | |||||||||
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