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Comment on “Relative Simultaneity in the Special Theory of Relativity”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Carlo Giannoni
Carlo Giannoni*
Affiliation:
Rice University
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In their recent paper, Jackson and Pargetter (1977) have attempted to prove that simultaneity is not a matter of convention. They attempt to show that it is an empirical fact whether or not a moving rod A′B′ is perpendicular to a plane XY. If it is an empirical fact, then such a perpendicular rod can be used to synchronize clocks. We shall show that it is not an empirical fact, but it is in fact synchronization dependent.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 306 - 309
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1979

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References

Jackson, F. and Pargetter, R. (1977), “Relative Simultaneity in the Special Theory of Relativity,” Philosophy of Science 44: 464–474.CrossRefGoogle Scholar