Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time

By Vesselin Petkov

Book Overview

I.Minkowski's Representation of Special Relativity -- Examples of Its Impact on the Twentieth Century Physics.- The Minkowskian Background of Whitehead's Theory of Gravitation.- The Experimental Verdict on Spacetime from Gravity Probe B.- Rigidity and the Ruler Hypothesis.-Minkowski Space and Quantum Mechanics.- Relativity and Quantum Field Theory.- Ether, the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics.- II: Implications of Minkowski's Ideas for the Philosophy of Space and Time.- Minkowski's Proper Time and the Status of the Clock Hypothesis.-Why Spacetime is not a Hidden Cause: A Realist Story.- Structural Explanations in Minkowski Spacetime: Which Account of Models?.-Relativity of Simultaneity and Eternalism: In Defense of the Block Universe.- Minkowski Spacetime and Thermodynamics.-No Presentism in Quantum Gravity.-III. The Impact of Minkowski's Ideas Beyond the Philosophy of Space and Time.- Spacetime, Phenomenology, and the Picture Theory of Language.- The Fate of Mathematical Place: Objectivity and the Theory of Lived-Space from Husserl to Casey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642264913
• ISBN13: 9783642264917
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"