What is a 'Physically Reasonable' Spacetime?

Manchak, John (2009) What is a 'Physically Reasonable' Spacetime? . In [2009] Underdetermination in Science (Pittsburgh, 21-22, March 2009).

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Abstract

Cosmologists often use certain global properties to exclude "physically unreasonable" cosmological models from serious consideration. But, on what grounds should these properties be regarded as "physically unreasonable" if we cannot rule out, even with a robust type of inductive reasoning, the possibility of the properties obtaining in our own universe?

Keywords:General Relativity, Cosmology, Underdetermination
Subjects:Specific Sciences: Physics
Conferences and Volumes:[2009] Underdetermination in Science (Pittsburgh, 21-22, March 2009)
ID Code:4506
Deposited By:Manchak, John Byron
Deposited On:11 March 2009