RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 How to be a realist about Minkowski spacetime without believing in magical explanations
A1 Sus, Adán
AB The question about the relation between spacetime structure and the symmetries of lawshas received renewed attention in a recent discussion about the status of Minkowski spacetime in SpecialRelativity. In that context we find two extreme positions (either spacetime explains symmetries of laws orvice-versa) and a general assumption about the debate being mainly about explanation. The aim of thispaper is twofold: first, to argue that the ontological dimension of the debate cannot be ignored; second,to claim that taking ontology into account involves considering a third perspective on the relation betweenspacetime and symmetries of laws; one in which both terms would be somehow derived from commonassumptions on the formulation of a given physical theory.
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81131
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81131
LA eng
NO Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 2020, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 175-195
DS UVaDOC
RD 16-ene-2026