Rickles, Dean (2004) Time and Structure in Canonical Gravity. [Preprint]
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In this paper I wish to make some headway on understanding what \emph{kind} of problem the ``problem of time'' is, and offer a possible resolution---or, rather, a new way of understanding an old resolution. The response I give is a variation on a theme of Rovelli's \emph{evolving constants of motion} strategy (more generally: correlation strategies). I argue that by giving correlation strategies a \emph{structuralist} basis, a number of objections to the standard account can be blunted. Moreover, I show that the account I offer provides a suitable ontology for time (and space) in both classical and quantum canonical general relativity.
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Additional Information: | Expanded version of a paper to appear in S. French, D. Rickles, and J. Saatsi (eds.), ``The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity'' (forthcoming: Oxford University Press). | ||||||
Keywords: | Quantum gravity, structural realism, spacetime, general relativity | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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Depositing User: | Dean Rickles | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2004 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:12 | ||||||
Item ID: | 1845 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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Date: | July 2004 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1845 |
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