Weatherall, James Owen (2014) Regarding the "Hole Argument". [Preprint]

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I argue that the Hole Argument is based on a misleading use of the mathematical formalism of general relativity. If one is attentive to mathematical practice, I will argue, the Hole Argument is blocked.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Weatherall, James Owen weatherj@uci.edu
Keywords:	Einstein, hole argument, general relativity, substantivalism, relationism
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	James Owen Weatherall
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2014 15:55
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2015 14:46
Item ID:	11177
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11177

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