Romero, Gustavo E. (2017) Mario Bunge on Gravitational Waves and the Reality of Spacetime. Foundations of Science. ISSN 1233-1821
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I discuss the recent claims made by Mario Bunge on the philosophical implications of the discovery of gravitational waves. I think that Bunge is right when he points out that the detection implies the materiality of spacetime, but I reject his identification of spacetime with the gravitational field. I show that Bunge’s analysis of the spacetime inside a hollow sphere is defective, but this in no way affects his main claim.
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| Keywords: | Ontology Spacetime Gravitational waves Substantivalism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Prof. Dr. Gustavo E. Romero | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2018 21:27 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2018 21:27 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14284 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-017-9529-8 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory | ||||||
| Date: | 2017 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1233-1821 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14284 |
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