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Clarifying the foundations of Teleparallel Gravity: translational gauge freedom vs. local Lorentz invariance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2026

Patrick M. Duerr
Affiliation:
von Weizsäcker Centre for the Foundations of Science, University of Tübingen, DE; patrick.duerr@uni-tuebingen.de
James Read
Affiliation:
Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford, UK & Pembroke College; james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Teleparallel Gravity (TPG) is an alternative, but empirically equivalent, spacetime theory to General Relativity. In its modern formulation, TPG purports to be both a gauge theory of translations (G), as well as locally Lorentz-invariant (L). However, the reasoning invoked in order to implement (L) and (G) is often involved. As such, clarification of the reasoning upon which TPG proponents rely in constructing their theory is sorely needed. The present paper will address this need. It will also offer a succinct methodolog ical assessment of TPG as a theory per se.

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association