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Space
and Time in Physics and
Metaphysics
lecture course
Mon 16:00-17:30
online
(The
lectures will be given in English.
The exam can be taken in English
or Hungarian.)
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81858972387?pwd=d1pCeUZRTVZHTXRPUlVrNmRDZHFwUT09
Codes:
BMI-LOTD17-208E.01
BBN-FIL-401.19
BBV-020.16
BMA-FILD-401.26
BMA-LOTD17-208.03
Contents
- Conventionalism, semantic
convention, operationalism,
constitutive a priori
- Absolute vs. relative
conceptions and objectivity
- Early 20th century definitions
of distance and time - Lorentz
vs. Einstein
- The proper understanding of
the relativity principle - the
lesson from Gallileo
- Reconstruction of the
Lorentzian and the Einsteinan
theories
- Problems with the standard
definitions of distance and time
- logical and operational
circularities
- The precise empirical
definitions of basic
spatio-temporal conceptions
- Relativity to what?
- Spacetime, determinism,
objective becoming
- Spacetime and existence:
presentism vs. eternalism,
endurance vs. perdurance
- Spacetime and causality
- Spacetime and irreversibility
- Why just time?
Grading criteria, specific
requirements
Oral exam from the material of the
lectures. Video records and the
slides of the lectures will be
available.
Suggested readings
- L. E. Szabó: Empirical
Foundation of Space and Time, in
M. Suárez, M. Dorato and M.
Rédei (eds.), EPSA07:
Launch of the European
Philosophy of Science
Association, Springer
2009. [PDF]
- J. M. E. McTaggart: The
Unreality
of Time, in: The
Philosophy of Time
(Oxford Readings in Philosophy),
R. Le Poidevin, M. MacBeath
(eds.), Oxford University Press,
1993. (Eredeti mű: The Nature of
Existence, 33. fejezet,
Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge 1927.)
- H. Reichenbach: The Theory
of Relativity and A
Priori Knowledge,
University of California Press,
Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1965.
- L. E. Szabó: On the meaning of
Lorentz covariance, Foundations
of
Physics Letters 17
(2004) pp. 479 - 496
[preprint: PDF]
- L.E. Szabó: A
nyitott jövő problémája -
véletlen, kauzalitás és
determinizmus a fizikában
(The Problem of Open Future
- chance, causality, and
determinism in physics),
Typotex Kiadó, Budapest
2002 (The manuscript of
the English edition will be
available for the students in
PDF form.)
- H.
Reichenbach: The
philosophy
of space and time,
Dover Publications, New York,
1958.
- M. Friedman: Foundations
of Space-Time Theories --
Relativistic Physics and
Philosophy of Science,
Princeton University Press,
Princeton, 1983.
- J. S. Bell: How to teach
special relativity, in Speakable
and unspeakable in quantum
mechanics, Cambridge
University Press, 1987.
- A. Einstein, Relativity:
The Special and General Theory
- A. Einstein: A
speciális és általános
relativitás elmélete,
Kossuth, 1993.
- L. E. Szabó: Lorentzian
theories vs. Einsteinian special
relativity -- a
logico-empiricist
reconstruction, in A. Maté, M.
Rédei and F. Stadler (eds.), Vienna
Circle and Hungary --
Veröffentlichungen des
Instituts Wiener Kreis,
Springer 2011. [PDF]
- L. E. Szabó: Does special
relativity theory tell us
anything new about space and
time? [PDF]
(Prolog)
2020-12-20
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slides
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The curriculum
includes core
courses in
logic and
formal
approaches to
philosophy of
science, and
advanced
optional
courses in
logic,
philosophy of
mathematics,
foundations of
physics,
logical
methods in
linguistics,
philosophy of
language,
metaphysics,
and formal
models in
social
sciences.
Students can
choose a focus
according to
their own
fields of
interests. In
general, the
program is
research
oriented,
aiming to
prepare
students for a
PhD program.
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