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The Conventionality of Temporal Relations in Relativity Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

B. Maund
B. Maund*
Affiliation:
The Australian National University
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , December 1974 , pp. 394 - 407
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Copyright © 1974 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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