The Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time

Introduction: The Aim and Structure of These Volumes Chapter One - Classical Accounts of Space and Time The Birth of Physics Newton's First Law and Absolute Space Absolute Time and the Persistence of Absolute Space The Metaphysics of Absolute Space and Time Chapter Two - Evidence for Spatial and Temporal Structure Newton's Second Law and the Bucket Experiment Arithmetic, Geometry, and Coordinates The Symmetries of Space and the Leibniz-Clarke Debate Chapter Three - Eliminating Unobservable Structure Absolute Velocity and Galilean Relativity Galilean Space-Time Chapter Four - Special Relativity Special Relativity and Minkowski Space-Time The Twins Paradox Minkowski Straightedge, Minkowski Compass Constructing Lorentz Coordinates Chapter Five - The Physics of Measurement The Clock Hypothesis Abstract Boosts and Physical Boosts The "Constancy of the Speed of Light" Deeper Accounts of Physical Principles Chapter Six - General Relativity Curved Space and Curved Space-Time Geometrizing Away Gravity Black Holes and the Big Bang The Hole Argument Suggested Readings on General Relativity Chapter Seven - The Direction and Topology of Time The Geometry of Time Time Travel as a Technical Problem The Direction of Time Appendix: Some Problems in Special Relativistic Physics