ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC PRIORITY AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF TWO PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

The article explores 2 opposite approaches to the authorship of the special theory of relativity. The first assumes that Albert Einstein is the only scientist whose contribution to the development of science allowed the creation of SRT. The second approach proclaims that the theory of relativity is the product of the collective activity of many scientists who have been working on its creation for decades.