Conventionality in the Axiomatic Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity

14 March 1969

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science

Vol. 36 (1) , 64-73
https://doi.org/10.1086/288236

Abstract

In this paper we examine Ellis and Bowman's argument, that simultaneity in inertial frames of reference is not conventional, from the axiomatic point of view. In Part I we examine the role of conventions in an axiomatic physical theory, and in Part II the relation of simultaneity in Reichenbach's axiomatization of the space-time theory of special relativity.

Keywords

AXIOMATIC POINT
INERTIAL FRAMES
PHYSICAL THEORY
EXAMINE ELLIS
SPECIAL RELATIVITY
REICHENBACH'S AXIOMATIZATION
AXIOMATIC FOUNDATIONS
SPACE TIME

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Conventionality in Distant Simultaneity
Philosophy of Science, 1967