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to the draft, spending time in jail for refusing induction into the military. He published an article on the subject of selective conscientious objection in an early issue of the journal
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D. Malament, 2005. "Classical General Relativity" (gr-qc/0506065, to appear in Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics, eds. J. Butterfield and J. Earman, Elsevier)
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Sarkar, Sahotra; Stachel, John (1999). "Did Malament Prove the Non-Conventionality of Simultaneity in the Special Theory of Relativity?".
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Philosophy of Science (Proceedings of the 2000 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part I: Contributed Papers)
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is conventional, Malament argues against conventionalism and is regarded by some as having refuted
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Malament, David B. (1972). "Selective Conscientious Objection and the 'Gillette' Decision".
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Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory
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Ben-Yami, H. (2006). "Causality and Temporal Order in Special Relativity".
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David Malament and the Conventionality of Simultaneity: A Reply
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Does the causal structure of space-time determine its geometry
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Malament's work focuses the conceptual foundations of the
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(1977). 231:Einstein synchronisation 633:Philosophers of physics 245:, don't agree, whereas 69:Contemporary philosophy 258:conscientious objector 219:theories of relativity 189:Rockefeller University 173:Stuyvesant High School 159:, specializing in the 157:philosopher of science 55:Rockefeller University 403:Philosophy of Science 358:(3). Wiley: 293–300. 249:sides with Malament. 193:University of Chicago 161:philosophy of physics 138:Philosophy of physics 221:. Regarding whether 16:American philosopher 498:10.1093/bjps/axl019 445:Rynasiewicz, Robert 314:1977JMP....18.1399M 91:Analytic philosophy 247:Robert Rynasiewicz 227:special relativity 171:Malament attended 126:Jeremy Butterfield 79:Western philosophy 150:David B. Malament 147: 146: 122:Doctoral students 23:David B. Malament 645: 557: 556: 544: 538: 537: 518: 508: 502: 501: 481: 475: 474: 464: 441: 435: 434: 398: 392: 382: 376: 375: 344: 338: 332: 326: 325: 322:10.1063/1.523436 299: 290: 284: 279: 116:Donald A. Martin 111:Doctoral advisor 42: 39:21 December 1947 38: 36: 19: 653: 652: 648: 647: 646: 644: 643: 642: 588: 587: 565: 560: 546: 545: 541: 531: 510: 509: 505: 483: 482: 478: 462:10.1.1.693.5891 443: 442: 438: 400: 399: 395: 383: 379: 364:10.2307/2214766 348:Malament, David 346: 345: 341: 333: 329: 297: 292: 291: 287: 280: 276: 272: 256:Malament was a 175:and received a 169: 134: 53: 47:Alma mater 40: 34: 32: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 651: 649: 641: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 590: 589: 586: 585: 580: 575: 569:David Malament 564: 563:External links 561: 559: 558: 539: 529: 503: 492:(3): 459–479. 476: 436: 415:10.1086/392684 393: 377: 339: 327: 285: 273: 271: 268: 239:Sahotra Sarkar 235:Adolf Grünbaum 168: 165: 145: 144: 141: 140: 135: 133:Main interests 132: 129: 128: 123: 119: 118: 113: 107: 106: 100: 94: 93: 88: 82: 81: 76: 72: 71: 66: 62: 61: 58: 57: 48: 44: 43: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 650: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 609: 606: 604: 603:Living people 601: 599: 596: 595: 593: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 570: 567: 566: 562: 554: 550: 543: 540: 536: 532: 530:0-252-02253-X 526: 522: 517: 516: 507: 504: 499: 495: 491: 487: 480: 477: 472: 468: 463: 458: 454: 450: 446: 440: 437: 432: 428: 424: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 397: 394: 391: 387: 384:A. 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Columbia College, Columbia University
Rockefeller University
Contemporary philosophy
Western philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Donald A. Martin
Jeremy Butterfield
Philosophy of physics
American
philosopher of science
philosophy of physics
Stuyvesant High School
B.A.
mathematics
Columbia College, Columbia University
Rockefeller University
University of Chicago
University of California, Irvine
Lakatos Award
special
general
theories of relativity
simultaneity
special relativity
Einstein synchronisation
Adolf Grünbaum
Sahotra Sarkar

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