?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Newton%2C+the+Parts+of+Space%2C+and+Spacetime+Structuralism&rft.creator=Slowik%2C+Edward&rft.subject=History+of+Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Symmetries%2FInvariances&rft.description=This+essay+will+investigate+the+interrelationship+between+the+parts+of+space+and+topological+and+metrical+structure+in+Newton%E2%80%99s+natural+philosophy%2C+as+well+as+its+influence+in+contemporary+spacetime+debates.+The+historical+background+to+Newton%E2%80%99s+claims+will+form+an+important+part+of+the+investigation%2C+in+addition+to+an+assessment+of+the+recent+articles+by+Nerlich%2C+Huggett%2C+Torretti%2C+DiSalle%2C+and+several+others%2C+on+this+subject.+While+various+aspects+of+these+previous+contributions+will+prove+informative%2C+it+will+be+argued+that+the+underlying+goals+of+Newton%E2%80%99s+pronouncements+on+the+relationship+among+the+parts+of+space%2C+including+their+methodological+and+ontological+implications+for+absolute+space+and+contemporary+spacetime+theories%2C+have+largely+eluded+prior+analysis.&rft.date=2008-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=doc&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F4363%2F1%2FNewt4a.doc&rft.identifier=Slowik%2C+Edward+(2008)+Newton%2C+the+Parts+of+Space%2C+and+Spacetime+Structuralism.+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F4363%2