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Alfred North Whitehead’s Relational Special Relativity
Alfred North Whitehead’s Relational Special Relativity

Author(s): Enrico R.A.C. Gianetto
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: special relativity; motion; events; space; time;

Summary/Abstract: The greatest relevance of Alfred North Whitehead’s work, in my opinion, has to be related to the interpretation and understanding of the theory of relativity. Whitehead’s same philosophy as ‘meta-physics,’ or ‘pan-physics’ has to be considered a transition from a logico-mathematical philosophy to a physical philosophy, to a cosmological philosophy rooted in his interpretation of relativity. He understood motion as a structural series of temporal events, avoiding permanent material bodies and refuting any interpretation of four-dimensional space-time as a kind of eternal permanence.

  • Issue Year: XXXI/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-46
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English