Burke Townsend
Abstract
Two recent discussions in this journal of the conventionality of the one-way speed of light in the special theory of relativity are corrected and generalized. It is concluded that these discussions reveal no ground for a challenge of the traditional conventionalist thesis.
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Two recent discussions in this journal of the conventionality of the one-way speed of light in the special theory of relativity are corrected and generalized. It is concluded that these discussions reveal no ground for a challenge of the traditional conventionalist thesis.
Key concepts: Physics, Theory of relativity, Speed of light (cellular automaton), Emission theory, Special relativity, Theoretical physics, Tests of special relativity, Doubly special relativity