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elativity cont’d<br />
conventionality <strong>of</strong> simultaneity<br />
181–3<br />
curvature (<strong>of</strong> space–time) 187, 190–3<br />
four dimensional manifold (<strong>of</strong><br />
space–time) 141, 175<br />
general <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> 141, 143, 173–7,<br />
185–90<br />
geodesics 18, 186–7<br />
gravity/gravitation 18, 138, 141<br />
Hawking, Stephen 186, 221<br />
hole problem 177<br />
horizon problem 173<br />
light-cone 190–3, 207<br />
Lorentz interpretation <strong>of</strong> 173<br />
metric 176<br />
reference frame 18<br />
space-time 179–84, 221<br />
special <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> 173, 181, 185<br />
superluminal causation 204–5<br />
time 18, 190, 194, 217<br />
time travel 173<br />
white holes 190<br />
see also geometry, hole problem,<br />
Lorentz, H. A., structure<br />
replica<strong>to</strong>rs 241–2<br />
representation 286–7<br />
representational states 274–5<br />
representational structures 274<br />
revolution, cognitive 273–5<br />
see also counterrevolution <strong>to</strong> cognitive<br />
revolution<br />
Richardson, R. 58, 68, 72<br />
Rosenberg, A. 62, 230, 239, 261<br />
belief-desire psychology 299<br />
Rovelli, Carlo 217<br />
Ruse, Michael 234<br />
Russell, Bertrand 3, 13<br />
Rynasiewicz, Rob 174<br />
salience 133–5, 141–2<br />
Salmon, Wesley 41–4, 59, 243<br />
see also statistical relevance (SR) model<br />
<strong>of</strong> explanation<br />
Sarkar, S. and Stachel, J. 183<br />
see also conformal structure, conformal,<br />
conventionalism<br />
Savage, L. J. 164<br />
Index<br />
344<br />
Savitt, Steve 173<br />
Schaffner, Kenneth 57, 61–2, 67, 89, 100,<br />
102, 253<br />
see also generalized reduction<br />
replacement (GRR)<br />
schemata 69, 72<br />
see also mechanisms<br />
Schlick, Moritz 4, 181<br />
see also logical positivism<br />
Schrödinger, Erwin 14<br />
equation 94, 96, 199, 209<br />
wave mechanics 199<br />
see also quantum mechanics<br />
Schwartzchild solution 185<br />
science<br />
cognitive 272, 275<br />
epistemology <strong>of</strong> 2, 316<br />
external/internal fac<strong>to</strong>rs in 11<br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> 13–17<br />
rationality <strong>of</strong> 154<br />
sociology <strong>of</strong> 8–11, 135, 312<br />
structure <strong>of</strong> 2, 9, 67<br />
scientific method 19, 128, 152, 301<br />
scientific models 56<br />
scientific progress 131, 318<br />
Scriven, Michael 40, 72<br />
Searle, John 276<br />
segregation, Mendel’s law <strong>of</strong> 39, 253<br />
see also Mendelian ratios<br />
selection<br />
gene 242–3<br />
genetic 241<br />
group 240–3<br />
kin 242<br />
natural 228, 238, 241–3, 254, 262<br />
organismic 241<br />
sexual 230–1<br />
units <strong>of</strong> (debate) 240–3<br />
see also evolution, genetics<br />
selectionist/neutralist debate 229–30<br />
self-organization 252<br />
see also complexity<br />
Sellars, Wilfred 16<br />
semantics<br />
functional role/conceptual role 279<br />
in quantum mechanics 200, 210<br />
see also quartet<br />
sentence bridge/reduction 4
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