The Concept of Simultaneity

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Scientific Paper
Title The Concept of Simultaneity
Author(s) Harry E Mongold
Keywords Simultaneity
Published 1978
Journal Pursuit
Volume 11
Number 2
Pages 60-65

Abstract

It has generally been accepted among physicists of this century that simultaneity is relative to the observer, only. There are two concepts used of the word, however, both used in explication of the special theroy of relativity and both stemming from versions of operationalism. In this paper I should like to examine them and demonstrate that neither is tenable in a strict sense.