Maxwell-Huygens, Newton-Cartan, and Saunders-Knox Space-Times

Philosophy of Science 83 (1):82-92 (2016)
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I address a question recently raised by Simon Saunders concerning the relationship between the space-time structure of Newton-Cartan theory and that of what I will call “Maxwell-Huygens space-time.” This discussion will also clarify a connection between Saunders’s work and a recent paper by Eleanor Knox.

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