The relativity of simultaneity and presentism
History and Philosophy of Physics
2017-09-15 v3
Abstract
According to conventional wisdom, presentism is at odds with the theory of relativity. This is supposed to be shown quite simply just by considering the relativity of simultaneity. In this paper I will show that conventional wisdom is wrong. In fact by clarifying the physical meaning of the relativity of simultaneity one can inform the philosophical debate and endorse a presentist view.
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@article{arxiv.1302.2603,
title = {The relativity of simultaneity and presentism},
author = {Mario Bacelar Valente},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2603},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
this paper has been withdrawn because it was a version of an earlier paper