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conventionality of simultaneity: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of physics

question whether distant simultaneity in special relativity is fixed by the physics or partly settled by convention, tested by whether causal structure defines it uniquely.

In philosophy of physics, conventionality of simultaneity refers to question whether distant simultaneity in special relativity is fixed by the physics or partly settled by convention, tested by whether causal structure defines it uniquely. This meaning comes from Malament (1977) in Noûs.[1]

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  1. Malament, D. (1977). Causal Theories of Time and the Conventionality of Simultaneity. Noûs, 11(3), 293. https://doi.org/10.2307/2214766

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