McCoy, C.D. (2015) Prediction in General Relativity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Several authors have claimed that prediction is essentially impossible in the general theory of relativity, the case being particularly strong, it is said, when one fully considers the epistemic predicament of the observer. Each of these claims rests on the support of an underdetermination argument and a particular interpretation of the concept of prediction. I argue that these underdetermination arguments fail and depend on an implausible explication of prediction in the theory. The technical results adduced in these arguments can be related to certain epistemic issues, but can only be misleadingly or mistakenly characterized as related to prediction.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID McCoy, C.D. cdmccoy@ucsd.edu
Keywords:	prediction; general theory of relativity; theory interpretation; global spacetime structure
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Dr. Casey McCoy
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2015 13:33
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2015 13:33
Item ID:	11657
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	1 July 2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11657

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