On the Problem of Defining the Present in Special Relativity: A Challenge for Tense Logic

In Michael Stöltzner & Friedrich Stadler (eds.), Time and History: Proceedings of the 28. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg Am Wechsel, Austria 2005. De Gruyter. pp. 441-458 (2006)
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