Foundations of Space-time-theories. Proceedings of 2 Small Conferences: One Held in Minneapolis Under the Auspices of the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science, the Other Held in Andover Under the Auspices of the Boston Univ. Inst. of Relativity

Foundations of Space-Time Theories was first published in 1977. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The essays in this volume are based on the papers given at a conference on the philosophical aspects of the space-time theory held under the auspices of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. The essays in this volume are based on the papers given at a conference on the philosophical aspects of the space-time theory held under the auspices of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Table of Contents Some Philosophical Prehistory of General Relativity. Howard Stein. Indistinguishable Space-times and the Fundamental Group. Clark Glymour. Observationally Indistinguishable Space-Times: Comments on Glymours Paper. David Malament Prediction in General Relativity. Robert Geroch. Time in General Relativity. C J. S. Clarke. Till the End of Time. John Earman. The Causal Theory of Minkowski Space-Time. John Winnie. Facts, Conventions, and Assumptions in the Theory of Space-Time. Lawrence Sklar. Geometry and Observables. Peter G. Bergmann. The Curvature of Physical Space. Wesley C. Salmon. Absolute and Relational Theories of Space-Time. Adolf Grunbaum. On Space-Time Ontology: Extracts from a Letter to Adolf Grunbaum. Howard Stein. Simultaneity in Newtonian Mechanics and Special Relativity. Michael Friedman. On Conventionality of Simultaneity - Another Reply. Peter A. Bowman Edited By John Earman, Clark Glymour, And John Stachel For The Minnesota Center For Philosophy Of Science. Papers From The Proceedings Of The Conference On The Foundations Of Space-time Theories, Held In Minneapolis, May 9-11, 1974 And The Conference On Absolute And Relational Theories Of Space And Space-time, Held At Osgood Hill Conference Center Of Boston University, June 3-5, 1974. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.