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Book SynopsisThis book, explores the conceptual foundations of Einstein's theory of relativity: the fascinating, yet tangled, web of philosophical, mathematical, and physical ideas that is the source of the theory's enduring philosophical interest. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again m
Trade Review"An excellent introduction to the philosophies of space and time. Foundations of Space-Time Theories is the result of the author's intellectual struggle to clarify the foundations of relativity theory for himself, and it will deeply influence all future thinking about the philosophy of space and time."--The New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*I. Introduction: Relativity Theory and Logical Positivism, pg. 1*II. Space-Time Theories, pg. 32*III. Newtonian Physics, pg. 71*IV. Special Relativity, pg. 125*V. General Relativity, pg. 177*VI. Relationalism, pg. 216*VII. Conventionalism, pg. 264*Appendix: Differential Geometry, pg. 340*Bibliography, pg. 368*Index, pg. 377
