Huggett, Nick (2002) Mirror Symmetry: What is it for Relational Space to be Orientable? [Preprint]

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As Pooley (2001) explains, the challenge of giving a relational account of orientability (and topology more generally) is not an easy one. This paper criticizes Pooley's and other proposals, raises a range of problems for the project, and then proposes a novel way for the relationist to understand not only topology, but also the geometry of space. This proposal is the `regularity account' since it claims that geometry and topology supervene on the regular ways in which relations evolve.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Huggett, Nick
Commentary on:	Pooley, Oliver (2001) Handedness, parity violation, and the reality of space. [Preprint]
Keywords:	space, spacetime, geometry, symmetry, mirror symmetry, chirality, orientability, topology, relationism, laws of nature
Subjects:	General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	Nick Huggett
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2002
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	767
Subjects:	General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	August 2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/767

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