Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in the Interpretations of Relativity Theory September 6, 2007

The objective of the conference is to deliberate the mathematical, physical and philosophical elements of different understandings of Relativity Theory; the physical and philosophical arguments and commitments shaping its interpretations, including its applications, especially those in relativistic cosmology and relativistic quantum theory. The organizing committee is open for examination of recent advantages in the interpretational problems of Relativity Theory, as well as, for analysis of the cultural, ideological and philosophical factors that have roles in its evolution, and development of the modern physical world view determined to a considerable extent by that theory. The conference intends to review the fruitfulness of orthodox Relativity, as developed from the Einstein-Minkowski formulation, and to suggest how history and philosophy of science clarify the relationship between the accepted relativistic formal structure and the various physical interpretations associated with it.

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