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Philosophical problems of space and time

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Spatial and Temporal Congruence in Physics: A Critical Comparison of the Conceptions of Newton, Riemann, Poincaré, Eddington, Bridgman, Russell, and Whitehead
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    Chapter 2 The Significance of Alternative Time Metrizations in Newtonian Mechanics and in the General Theory of Relativity
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    Chapter 3 Critique of Reichenbach’s and Carnap’s Philosophy of Geometry
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    Chapter 4 Critique of Einstein’s Philosophy of Geometry
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    Chapter 5 Empiricism and the Geometry of Visual Space
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    Chapter 6 The Resolution of Zeno’s Metrical Paradox of Extension for the Mathematical Continua of Space and Time
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    Chapter 7 The Causal Theory of Time
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    Chapter 8 The Anisotropy of Time
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    Chapter 9 The Asymmetry of Retrodictability and Predictability, the Compossibility of Explanation of the Past and Prediction of the Future, and Mechanism vs. Teleology
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    Chapter 10 Is There a “Flow” of Time or Temporal “Becoming”?
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    Chapter 11 Empiricism and the Three-Dimensionality of Space
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    Chapter 12 Philosophical Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity, and Their Bearing on Its History
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    Chapter 13 Philosophical Appraisal of E. A. Milne’s Alternative to Einstein’s STR
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    Chapter 14 Has the General Theory of Relativity Repudiated Absolute Space?
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    Chapter 15 Philosophical Critique of Whitehead’s Theory of Relativity
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    Chapter 16 Space, Time and Falsifiability Critical Exposition and Reply to “a Panel Discussion of Grünbaum’s Philosophy of Science”
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    Chapter 17 Can We Ascertain the Falsity of a Scientific Hypothesis?
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    Chapter 18 Can an Infinitude of Operations be Performed in a Finite Time?
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    Chapter 19 Is the Coarse-Grained Entropy of Classical Statistical Mechanics an Anthropomorphism?
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    Chapter 20 A Panel Discussion of Simultaneity by Slow Clock Transport in the Special and General Theories of Relativity
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    Chapter 21 The Bearing of Philosophy on the History of the Special Theory of Relativity
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    Chapter 22 General Relativity, Geometrodynamics and Ontology
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