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On Birkhoff's and Einstein's Relativity Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Carlton W. Berenda
Carlton W. Berenda*
Affiliation:
Massachusetts State College, Amherst, Mass.
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The philosopher who is interested in developments of modern physics may turn with some profit to an argument that has recently evolved between the late George Birkhoff and Hermann Weyl. Birkhoff and his associates have constructed a theory of relativity differing in various ways from Einstein's general theory. Weyl (1) has offered a critical analysis of the Birkhoff theory along with a defense of the Einstein theory; and Birkhoff (2) has presented his rebuttal to Weyl.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1945 , pp. 116 - 119
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1945

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