Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1160981 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 2007 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

A slight modification of Helmholtz’s metrical approach to the foundations of geometry leads to the locally Euclidian character of space without restriction of the curvature. A bolder generalization involving time measurement leads to the locally Minkowskian character of spacetime. Some philosophical consequences of these results are drawn.

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