This is the homepage for PL2283-Philosophy of Relativity, Spring 2012, NYU-Poly.  Choose from the selection below.  This page will be updated periodically.

• Syllabus

• Lecture Notes
• 01. Survey of Pre-20th Century Physics
• 02. Special Relativity: Two Postulates, Michelson/Morley Experiment
• 03. Simultaneity
• 04. Kinematic Effects
• 05. Dynamics - Momentum
• 06. Dynamics - Energy
• 07. Interpreting Special Relativity
• 08. Non-Euclidean Geometry
• 09. General Relativity:  Geometrization of Gravity
• 10. The Einstein Equations
• 11. Interpreting General Relativity
• 12. Relativistic Cosmology
• 13. Black Holes. Part I.
• 14. Black Holes. Part II.
• 15. Time Travel. Part I.
• 16. Time Travel. Part II. (Time Machine Spacetimes)
  

• Assignments
• Paper Assignment
• Guidelines
  
• hw#1
• hw#2
• hw#3
• hw#4
• hw#5
• hw#6
• hw#7
• hw#8
• hw#9
• hw#10
• hw#11 & extra credit#1
• hw#12 & extra credit#2
  

• Links
• Guidelines for Writing Philosophy Essays
  
• Relevant articles in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
• DiSalle, R. (2009) "Space and Time:  Inertial Frames", in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Faye, J. (2010) "Backward Causation", in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Huggett, N. and C. Hoefer (2006) "Absolute and Relational Theories of Space and Motion", in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Markosian, N. (2008) "Time", in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  
• Ryckman, T. (2006) "Early Philosophical Interpretations of General Relativity", in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Torretti, R. (2010) "Nineteenth Century Geometry", , in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Other resources:
• Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial