The Metaphysics of Space-Time Substantivalism

1996/01/01 by Carl Hoefer · 279 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Analytic philosophy #Contemporary philosophy #Epistemology #History and Theory of Mathematics #Linguistics #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis #Metaphysics #Philosophy #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Space (punctuation)

paper · doi:10.2307/2941016

published in The Journal of Philosophy 93(1), 5-27 (Philosophy Documentation Center)

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Abstract

Apres avoir examine la conception du substantialisme developpee par J. Earman et J. Norton a partir de l'argument du trou, l'A. defend la version la plus plausible du substantialisme qui consiste en la theorie du champ metrique. Correspondant aux theories de l'espace-temps et de la relativite generale d'Einstein, l'A. montre que cette version du substantialisme resiste a l'attribution d'une identite primitive aux points spatio-temporels

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