NON-EINSTEINIANS AND ANTI-RELATIVISTS

It seems that, if you want to criticize Einstein at some conference,
you need to pass for a non-Einsteinian. If Einsteinians decide to
define you as an anti-relativist, your participation is doomed:

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.p...caa7a46f4685/#

The problem is that you never know what criteria Einsteinians use. For
instance, when the philosopher of physics Steven French organized the
conference "Foundations of Physics"

http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~sonwm/fop07/

I was disqualified as an anti-relativist because I wanted to discuss
the principle of variability of the speed of light used in Einstein's
theory of relativity. In contrast, French's friend, the philosopher of
physics Jeremy Butterfield, suggested that signals can propagate
faster than light

http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv/FoP0...utterfield.pdf

and was defined as a non-Einsteinian. As a result, the philosopher of
physics Steven French allowed the philosopher of physics Jeremy
Butterfield to take part in the conference.

Pentcho Valev

Why it must the " NON " and the " ANTI "...?

--
Ahmed Ouahi, Architect
Best Regards!


"Pentcho Valev" wrote in message
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It seems that, if you want to criticize Einstein at some conference,
you need to pass for a non-Einsteinian. If Einsteinians decide to
define you as an anti-relativist, your participation is doomed:


http://groups.google.com/group/sci.p...rm/thread/3636
caa7a46f4685/#

The problem is that you never know what criteria Einsteinians use. For
instance, when the philosopher of physics Steven French organized the
conference "Foundations of Physics"

http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~sonwm/fop07/

I was disqualified as an anti-relativist because I wanted to discuss
the principle of variability of the speed of light used in Einstein's
theory of relativity. In contrast, French's friend, the philosopher of
physics Jeremy Butterfield, suggested that signals can propagate
faster than light

http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv/FoP0...utterfield.pdf

and was defined as a non-Einsteinian. As a result, the philosopher of
physics Steven French allowed the philosopher of physics Jeremy
Butterfield to take part in the conference.

Pentcho Valev