Re: Julian Barbour (was: Re: objections to QTI)

2005-06-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 01-juin-05, à 18:49, Patrick Leahy a écrit : I read his book a year or so ago, so may be a bit hazy, but: Pour Bruno: he definitely does not want to talk about space-time capsules. Partly this is motivated by his metaphysical ideas about time, partly by the technicalities of the 3+1

Julian Barbour (was: Re: objections to QTI)

2005-06-01 Thread Patrick Leahy
I read his book a year or so ago, so may be a bit hazy, but: Pour Bruno: he definitely does not want to talk about space-time capsules. Partly this is motivated by his metaphysical ideas about time, partly by the technicalities of the 3+1 (i.e. space+time, not persons!) approach to GR and