?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+the+Arbitrary+Choice+Regarding+which+Inertial+Reference+Frame+is+%22Stationary%22+and+which+is+%22Moving%22+in+the+Special+Theory+of+Relativity&rft.creator=Snyder%2C+Douglas+M.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Einstein's+argument+on+the+relativity+of+simultaneity+itself+is+the+first+result+of+the+special+theory+of+relativity.+This+argument+is+reflected+in+the+structure+and+functioning+of+the+physical+world.+The+arbitrary+nature+of+the+decision+regarding+the+particular+inertial+reference+frame+from+which+the+argument+on+the+relativity+of+simultaneity+begins+is+discussed.+It+is+this+arbitrary%2C+or+freely+made%2C+decision+that+is+the+basis+for+the+significance+of+the+argument+of+the+relativity+of+simultaneity+itself+on+the+structure+and+functioning+of+the+physical+world.+The+same+concrete+circumstances+in+the+physical+world+can+support+either+direction+in+the+argument+on+the+relativity+of+simultaneity%2C+as+well+as+other+results%2C+in+the+special+theory+(i.e.%2C+with+either+of+two+inertial+reference+frames+in+uniform+translational+motion+relative+to+one+another+considered+%22stationary%22+while+the+other+inertial+reference+frame+is+considered+%22moving%22).+There+are+different+sets+of+results+in+the+physical+world+associated+with+the+choice+in+direction+that+is+made%2C+for+example+as+concerns+the+temporal+durations+of+occurrences+or+the+spatial+lengths+of+existents+in+these+inertial+reference+frames.+Experiments+testing+the+equations+derived+in+the+special+theory+that+relate+the+temporal+durations+of+occurrences+or+the+spatial+lengths+of+physical+existents+in+inertial+reference+frames+in+uniform+motion+relative+to+one+another+generally+have+not+tested+predictions+with+both+of+the+two+inertial+reference+frames+considered%2C+in+separate+scenarios%2C+the+%22stationary%22+reference+frame.+It+is+proposed+that+empirical+tests+in+two+directions+be+developed+and+conducted.+If+empirical+results+from+such+tests+support+the+predictions+of+the+special+theory%2C+these+empirical+results+would+support+the+thesis+that+there+is+a+cognitive+factor+in+Einstein's+argument+on+the+relativity+of+simultaneity+that+affects+results+derived+in+the+special+theory+concerning+the+physical+world.+One+such+test+is+proposed.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F691%2F3%2Faps.pdf&rft.identifier=++Snyder%2C+Douglas+M.++(1994)+On+the+Arbitrary+Choice+Regarding+which+Inertial+Reference+Frame+is+%22Stationary%22+and+which+is+%22Moving%22+in+the+Special+Theory+of+Relativity.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F691%2F