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It is sometimes claimed that the "privileged coordinates" of geometric model (e.g. a relativistic spacetime) encode its "structure". In a paper just out in Philosophy of Science (open access), Thomas Barrett and I explore the limitations of this idea... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy-of-science/article/what-do-privileged-coordinates-tell-us-about-structure/E14C4108E9A5025DF1392E71EEF2B450

2025-08-05T00:31:44.911Z