Dorato, Mauro (2007) Is Structural Spacetime Realism Relationism in Disguise? The supererogatory nature of the substantivalism/relationism debate. [Preprint]
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The paper defends two claims;(1) Viewed from the perspective of the substantivalism/relationism debate, structural spacetime realism (i.e., the view that spacetime is exemplified structure) is a form of relationism; (2) However, if we managed to reinforce Rynasiewicz’s (1996) point that the general theory of relativity makes the substantivalism/relationism dispute “outdated”, the re-elaboration of Stein’s 1967 version of structural spacetime realism to be proposed here proves to be a good, antimetaphysical solution to the problem of the ontological status of spacetime.
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| Keywords: | spacetime, structural realism, general theory of relativity, substantivalism, relationism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Mauro Dorato | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:15 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 3393 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | June 2007 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3393 |
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