How could relativity be anything other than physical?

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.007

Wayne C. Myrvold

引用次数: 21

Abstract

Harvey Brown's Physical Relativity defends a view about the nature of spacetime, which he calls the dynamical perspective, that goes beyond the familiar dichotomy of substantivalist/relationist views. A full defense of this view requires attention to the way that our use of spacetime concepts connect with the physical world. Reflection on such matters, I argue, reveals that the dynamical perspective affords the only possible view about the ontological status of spacetime, in that putative rivals fail to express anything, either true or false. I conclude with remarks aimed at clarifying what is and isn't in dispute with regards to the explanatory priority of spacetime and dynamics, at countering an objection raised by John Norton to views of this sort, and at clarifying the relation between background and effective spacetime structure.

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相对论怎么可能不是物理的呢?

哈维·布朗(Harvey Brown)的《物理相对论》捍卫了一种关于时空本质的观点，他称之为动态视角，超越了我们熟悉的实体主义/关系主义观点的二分法。对这种观点的充分辩护需要注意我们使用时空概念与物理世界的联系方式。我认为，对这些问题的反思表明，动力学视角提供了关于时空本体论地位的唯一可能的观点，因为假定的对手不能表达任何东西，无论是真还是假。最后，我想澄清一下关于时空和动力学的解释优先性，什么是有争议的，什么是没有争议的，反驳约翰·诺顿对这类观点提出的反对意见，澄清背景和有效时空结构之间的关系。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 物理-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics is devoted to all aspects of the history and philosophy of modern physics broadly understood, including physical aspects of astronomy, chemistry and other non-biological sciences. The primary focus is on physics from the mid/late-nineteenth century to the present, the period of emergence of the kind of theoretical physics that has come to dominate the exact sciences in the twentieth century. The journal is internationally oriented with contributions from a wide range of perspectives. In addition to purely historical or philosophical papers, the editors particularly encourage papers that combine these two disciplines. The editors are also keen to publish papers of interest to physicists, as well as specialists in history and philosophy of physics.