Time and space in special relativity

In this thesis the author focuses on the metaphysical implications of the realist interpretation of special relativity. The realist interpretation is found wanting in coherence as it utilizes metaphysical concepts (as causation) that are left unjustified if the theory is taken at face value. The author points at a possible re-interpretation of special relativity that allows for a coherent metaphysical basis while containing the mathematical structure of the theory.

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Fredrik Andersen es un maestro en filosofía de la Universidad de Tromsø, Noruega, especializado en la filosofía de la ciencia de Kepler y la metafísica de Immanuel Kant. El foco principal de su trabajo es la relación entre la metafísica y las ciencias naturales. Actualmente está haciendo un doctorado en Lógica y epistemología en la UFSC, Brasil.