How we understand cosmology was altered by the development of Special and General Relativity. Here, I want to discuss a less appreciated change I think SR introduced to cosmology. In Aristotelian or Thomistic cosmology, there are two kinds of causal series, i.e., accidentally and essentially ordered causal series, and both Aquinas and Aristotle thought that … Continue reading If Einstein was right, there are no essentially ordered causal series
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Visiting Einstein’s Princeton
I am currently a faculty member at a public university in Virginia. However, my family lives in Western New York State. Princeton, New Jersey, is just about halfway between my current home and my family. For that reason, I've made several trips through Princeton -- in December 2024, January 2025, and -- most recently -- … Continue reading Visiting Einstein’s Princeton
Daniel Linford 