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Relative Simultaneity in the Special Relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Frank Jackson and
Robert Pargetter
Frank Jackson
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
Robert Pargetter
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
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Abstract

In this paper a method is proposed for empirically determining simultaneity at a distance within the special theory of relativity. It is argued that this method is independent of Einstein's signalling method and provides a basis for denying the conventionality of distant simultaneity.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1977, pp. 464 - 474
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Copyright © 1977 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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We are much indebted to Graham Nerlich and this Journal's referees for comments on earlier versions of this paper.

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