David B. Malament (born 21 December 1947) is an American philosopher of science, specializing in the philosophy of physics.
Malament's work focuses the conceptual foundations of the special and general theories of relativity.
[4] Grünbaum,[5] as well as Sahotra Sarkar and John Stachel,[6] don't agree, whereas Robert Rynasiewicz sides with Malament.
[7][8] During the Vietnam War Malament was a conscientious objector to the draft, spending time in jail for refusing induction into the military.
[9] He published an article on the subject of selective conscientious objection in an early issue of the journal Philosophy and Public Affairs.