Baron, Sam and Le Bihan, Baptiste (2021) Composing Spacetime. [Preprint]

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Abstract

According to a number of approaches in theoretical physics spacetime does not exist fundamentally. Rather, spacetime exists by depending on another, more fundamental, non-spatiotemporal structure. A prevalent opinion in the literature is that this dependence should not be analysed in terms of composition. We should not say, that is, that spacetime depends on an ontology of non-spatiotemporal entities in virtue of having them as parts. But is that really right? On the contrary, we argue that a mereological approach to dependent spacetime is not only viable, but promises to enhance our understanding of the physical situation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Baron, Sam Le Bihan, Baptiste baptiste.lebihan@unige.ch
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in the Journal of philosophy
Keywords:	spacetime; composition; part; mereology; quantum gravity; causal set theory; string theory
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Dr. Baptiste Le Bihan
Date Deposited:	21 May 2021 02:09
Last Modified:	21 May 2021 02:09
Item ID:	19044
Official URL:	http://baptistelebihan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021...
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	2021
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19044

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