This fundraiser is a chance for viewers or readers of my work to support my research into fundamental questions in physics and philosophy.

All donors will be thanked in the official acknowledgments of my PhD thesis, with priority given to larger donations.

The thesis is primarily a reexamination of the foundations of relativity theories, in particular, through a discussion of "Mach's principle", it's philosophical justification and it's physical consequences if realised in a gravito-inertial theory. I also touch on fundamental issues in the philosophy of space and geometry, recovering a little known argument by Joseph Delboeuf in defence of a form of Euclidean apriorism. My philosophical stance combines rationalist and empiricist elements; more broadly I hope to help reaffirm the rational basis of post-classical physical theories, and thereby revive an older style of scientific investigation that combines philosophical and empirical investigation to make progress in theoretical physics.

My publications from the thesis work so far can be found and read through my google scholar page:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jikEDtQAAAAJ&hl=en

Any donations will be much appreciated, these will go towards helping me deal with living costs in Bristol, as well as travel for conferences to share my work.

Thank you!

Jonathan Fay

Website: https://jonathanfay.com/