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Maxwell-Huygens, Newton-Cartan, and Saunders-Knox Space-Times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

James Owen Weatherall
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Abstract

I address a question recently raised by Simon Saunders concerning the relationship between the space-time structure of Newton-Cartan theory and that of what I will call “Maxwell-Huygens space-time.” This discussion will also clarify a connection between Saunders’s work and a recent paper by Eleanor Knox.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 82 - 92
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Copyright © 2016 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant 1331126. I am grateful to David Malament and Chris Smeenk for helpful conversations related to this article and to David Malament and two anonymous referees for detailed comments on a previous draft.

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