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(2009) Constituting objectivity, Dordrecht, Springer.

Einstein, Kant, and the relativized a priori

Michael Friedman

pp. 253-267

I argue that Einstein's creation of both special and general relativity instantiates Reichenbach's conception of the relativized a priori. I do this by showing how the original Kantian conception actually contributes to the development of Einstein's theories through the intervening philosophical and scientific work of Helmholtz, Mach, and Poincaré.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9510-8_15

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Friedman, M. (2009)., Einstein, Kant, and the relativized a priori, in M. Bitbol, P. Kerszberg & J. Petitot (eds.), Constituting objectivity, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 253-267.

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