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(2006) Synthese 148 (2).
Special relativity is said to prohibit faster-than-light (superluminal) signaling, yet controversy regularly arises as to whether this or that physical phenomenon violates the prohibition. I argue that the controversy is a result of a lack of clarity as to what it means to ‘signal’, and I propose a criterion. I show that according to this criterion, superluminal signaling is not prohibited by special relativity.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-004-6231-5
Full citation:
Weinstein, S. (2006). Superluminal signaling and relativity. Synthese 148 (2), pp. 381-399.
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