'But one must not legalize the mentioned sin': phenomenological vs. dynamical treatments of rods and clocks in Einstein's thought

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.08.012zbMath1301.83003OpenAlexW2098881016MaRDI QIDQ476059

Marco Giovanelli

Publication date: 27 November 2014

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1737428

zbMATH Keywords

Albert Einsteinrelativity theoryHermann Weylconfirmational holismrods and clocksWolfgang Pauli

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Physics (00A79)

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