Knox, Eleanor (2014) Spacetime Structuralism or Spacetime Functionalism? [Preprint]
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Abstract
I examine some currently popular articulations of ontic structural realism with respect to spacetime points, and find them lacking. Instead, I propose functionalism about spacetime itself (with at most derivative consequences for its points). This has much in common with structuralist positions, but has the virtue of usefully applying to emergent spacetimes.
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Eleanor Knox | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2023 03:12 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2023 03:12 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 22630 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | 10 August 2014 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22630 |
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