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John Stachel is at Boston U. department of Physics and Center for Einstein Studies. His field is the Philosophy of Science, or maybe history/philosophy.
The Stachel paper I'm proposing we scan for typos is
Structure, Individuality and Quantum Gravity
http://arxiv.org/gr-qc/0507078
I consider a good sign in a philosopher for his work to contain typographical errors---too many philosophers of the last century were obsessed with grammatical rectitude and, dare I say it?, even correct spelling! A philosopher should seek the truth and damn the typos.
Therefore this thread is intended as a catchment for Stachel typos.
I hope other PF posters will find some and add them in here.
After we have found some we will email them to him. This will be doing Stachel a favor because he will have less work to do in revision.
I have already found one place where he meant to say FIAT but the text (which may have been prepared by an assistant and not Stachel himself) says FLAT (like saying "by flat" instead of "by fiat")
The Stachel paper I'm proposing we scan for typos is
Structure, Individuality and Quantum Gravity
http://arxiv.org/gr-qc/0507078
I consider a good sign in a philosopher for his work to contain typographical errors---too many philosophers of the last century were obsessed with grammatical rectitude and, dare I say it?, even correct spelling! A philosopher should seek the truth and damn the typos.
Therefore this thread is intended as a catchment for Stachel typos.
I hope other PF posters will find some and add them in here.
After we have found some we will email them to him. This will be doing Stachel a favor because he will have less work to do in revision.
I have already found one place where he meant to say FIAT but the text (which may have been prepared by an assistant and not Stachel himself) says FLAT (like saying "by flat" instead of "by fiat")
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