Huggett, Nick (2002) Mirror Symmetry: What is it for Relational Space to be Orientable? [Preprint]
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Preprint |
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| Commentary on: | Pooley, Oliver(2001) Handedness, parity violation, and the reality of space. [Preprint] |
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| Keywords: | space, spacetime, geometry, symmetry, mirror symmetry, chirality, orientability, topology, relationism, laws of nature |
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| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature
Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Conferences and Volumes: | [2001] Symmetries in Physics, New Reflections: Oxford Workshop (Oxford, January 2001) |
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| Depositing User: | Nick Huggett |
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| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2002 |
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| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:11 |
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| Item ID: | 767 |
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| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/767 |
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