Geometric Conventionalism is a philosophical doctrine in the foundations of geometry that holds that the choice of a particular geometric system to describe physical space is a matter of convention rather than empirical fact, with the differentia that such conventions are guided by simplicity and utility rather than by a priori truths or direct observational verification.
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The Geometry of Conventionality
James Owen Weatherall, John Byron Manchak · Philosophy of Science · 2014 · 30 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Physics, Geometry +12
Conventionalism about time direction
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- ÉZÉlie Zahar
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
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- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
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- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
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- Philosophy of Science
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- The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
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