Persistence and spacetime

by Balašov, Yuri

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Full title :Persistence and spacetime / by Yuri Balashov

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Publication Date:2010

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford Univ. Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010

Notes

Literaturverz. S. [217] - 225

The Physical Object

Description:XVI, 233 Seiten : Illustrationen

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:019957992X, 9780199579921
oclc:ocn845655901
LC Classification:BD632
Dewey Decimal:115

Background and assumptions. Persistence and philosophy of time ; Atomism and composition ; Scope ; Some matters of methodology -- Persistence, location, and multilocation in spacetime. Endurance, perdurance, exdurance : some pictures ; More pictures ; Temporal modification and the "problem of temporary intrinsics" ; Persistence, location and multilocation in generic spacetime ; An alternative classification -- Classical and relativistic spacetime. Newtonian spacetime ; NeoNewtonian (Galilean) spacetime ; Reference frames and coordinate systems ; Galilean transformations in spacetime ; Special relativistic spacetime ; Length contraction and time dilation ; Invariant properties of special relativistic spacetime -- Persisting objects in classical spacetime. Enduring, perduring, and exduring objects in Galilean spacetime ; The argument from vagueness ; From minimal Dfusions to temporal parts ; Motivating a sharp cutoff ; Some objections and replies ; Implications -- Persisting objects in Minkowski spacetime. Enduring, perduring, and exduring objects in Minkowski spacetime ; Flat and curved achronal regions in Minkowski spacetime ; Early reflections on persisting objects in Minkowski s…

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Espaces généralisés Generalized spaces Raum -- Zeit Relativité restreinte (physique) Space and time Special Relativity (Physics) Spezielle Relativitätstheorie Vierdimensionaler Raum Zeitlichkeit