Vassallo, Antonio and Esfeld, Michael (2016) Leibnizian relationalism for general relativistic physics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

An ontology of Leibnizian relationalism, consisting in distance relations among sparse matter points and their change only, is well recognized as a serious option in the context of classical mechanics. In this paper, we investigate how this ontology fares when it comes to general relativistic physics. Using a Humean strategy, we regard the gravitational field as a means to represent the overall change in the distance relations among point particles in a way that achieves the best combination of being simple and being informative.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Vassallo, Antonio antonio.vassallo@unil.ch 0000-0002-1846-5362 Esfeld, Michael Michael-Andreas.Esfeld@unil.ch
Keywords:	Leibnizian relationalism, Humeanism, general relativity, gravity, shape dynamics, duality
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Antonio Vassallo
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2016 19:53
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2016 19:53
Item ID:	12389
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.08.006
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	August 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12389

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