[Physics] Clock time vs. common sense time

[Doug Marett]

Hi Ilja,

Sorry, didn't have my glasses on - the correct spelling is
"Substantivalist". or "Substantivalism" -  the believe that spacetime and
its parts are fundamental constituents of reality, which is the fundamental
axiom of relativity.  http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9055/
On the other hand, Presentism  is the opposite view, that neither the past
nor the future exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_presentism
I am happy to hear that you are a Presentist, but then, are you not in
direct opposition to views of relativists?

Doug




On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Ilja Schmelzer <
ilja.schmelzer at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I have never heard the word "subvantivalism", so that I don't know
> what to expect from them and cannot comment.  I'm a presentist.
>
> I simply defend the mainstream / GR as far as this is possible,
> because I think it is essential for those who criticize the mainstream
> not to criticize it for the wrong reasons.
>
> If correctly understood, GR is in no way in contradiction with common
> sense.  It makes the positivistic error to deny the existence of what
> cannot be directly measured.  And, to get rid of the "unmeasurable"
> absolute time, introduces a whole spacetime.  But one should not
> criticize GR which are quite reasonable, unproblematic, and compatible
> with common sense.
>
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