PhilSci Archive

Persistence and Change in Minkowski Spacetime

Calosi, Claudio (2011) Persistence and Change in Minkowski Spacetime. In: UNSPECIFIED.

[img]
Preview
PDF
Persistence_and_Change_in_Minkowski_Spacetime.pdf

Download (128kB)

Abstract

There are famously two main metaphysics of persistence, namely three and four-dimensionalism. Both yield a particular solution to the so called puzzle of change. I argue that typical three-dimensionalist solutions to the puzzle face insurmountable difficulties even in the simplest relativistic setting, that of Minkowski spacetime


Export/Citation: EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL
Social Networking:
Share |

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCID
Calosi, Claudioclaudio.calosi@uniurb.it
Keywords: persistence, location, change, relativity
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Dr Claudio Calosi
Date Deposited: 28 May 2011 13:08
Last Modified: 28 May 2011 13:08
Item ID: 8629
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 2011
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8629

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item