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Space and Time: A Privileged Ground for Misunderstandings Between Physics and Philosophy

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As I understand, one of the aims of this workshop is to strive for a better understanding between physicists and philosophers. My contribution will be to describe some misunderstandings between physics and philosophy, or else inside physics on philosophical grounds, in the field of the workshop.

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Lurçat, F. (1994). Space and Time: A Privileged Ground for Misunderstandings Between Physics and Philosophy. In: Rudolph, E., Stamatescu, IO. (eds) Philosophy, Mathematics and Modern Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78808-6_4

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