Universal conventionalism and space-time

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Jun 1970

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General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.159-180

Physics

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Geo-chronometric conventionalism (GC) is shown to be part of a more general thesis, universal conventionalism, stating that coordinative definitions are needed in order to compare two measurements of any physical quantity at different space-time points. Two fully elaborated examples of the use of non-standard coordinative definitions in physics are given, demonstrating that the use of these definitions can actually simplify the physical formalism. Finally, we find that not only the metric of space-time is conventional (even non-Riemanian metrics are admissible), but also its topology and number of dimensions.

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