Foundations of Space-Time Theories

Volume 8
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Table of Contents

SOME PHILOSOPHICAL PREHISTORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY . . . 3
Howard Stein, Columbia University

INDISTINGUISHABLE SPACE-TIMES AND THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUP . . . 50
Clark Glymour, University of Oklahoma

OBSERVATIONALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE SPACETIMES:
COMMENTS ON GLYMOUR S PAPER
. . . 61
David Malament, University of Chicago

PREDICTION IN GENERAL RELATIVITY . . . 81
Robert Geroch, University of Chicago

TIME IN GENERAL RELATIVITY . . . 94
C. J. S. Clarke, University of York

TILL THE END OF TIME . . . 109
John Earman, University of Minnesota

THE CAUSAL THEORY OF SPACE-TIME . . . 134
John A. Winnie, Indiana University

FACTS, CONVENTIONS, AND ASSUMPTIONS IN THE
THEORY OF SPACE-TIME
. . . 206
Lawrence Sklar, University of Michigan

GEOMETRY AND OBSERVABLES . . . 275
Peter G. Bergmann, Syracuse University

THE CURVATURE OF PHYSICAL SPACE . . . 281
Wesley C. Salmon, University of Arizona

ABSOLUTE AND RELATIONAL THEORIES OF SPACE
AND SPACE-TIME
. . . 303
Adolf Grünbaum, University of Pittsburgh

ON SPACE-TIME ONTOLOGY: EXTRACTS FROM A
LETTER TO ADOLF GRÜNBAUM
. . . 374
Howard Stein, Columbia University

SIMULTANEITY IN NEWTONIAN MECHANICS AND
SPECIAL RELATIVITY
. . . 403
Michael Friedman, Occidental College

ON CONVENTIONALITY AND SIMULTANEITY-ANOTHER REPLY . . . 433
Peter A. Bowman, University of Tennessee

INDEXES . . . 451