Time and space in special relativity

ISBN-13: 9783844317121 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 84 str.

Andersen, Fredrik

Opis

In this thesis the author focuses on the metaphysical implications of the realist interpretation of special relativity. The realist interpretation is found wanting in coherence as it utilizes metaphysical concepts (as causation) that are left unjustified if the theory is taken at face value. The author points at a possible re-interpretation of special relativity that allows for a coherent metaphysical basis while containing the mathematical structure of the theory.

O autorze

Fredrik Andersen is a master of philosophy from the University of Tromsø, Norway specialized in Kepler's philosophy of science and the metaphysics of Immanuel Kant. The main focus of his work is on the relationship between metaphysics and the natural sciences. He is currently doing a PhD of Logic and epistemology at the UFSC, Brazil.