A New Taxonomy of Persisting (Relativistic) Objects.
The paper presents a thorough exploration of the problem of persistence in a relativistic context. Using formal methods such as mereology, formal theories of location and the so called intrinsic formulation of special relativity we provide a new, more rigorous and more comprehensive taxonomy of pers...
| Publicado en: | Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 283 - 295 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2015
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| Sumario: | The paper presents a thorough exploration of the problem of persistence in a relativistic context. Using formal methods such as mereology, formal theories of location and the so called intrinsic formulation of special relativity we provide a new, more rigorous and more comprehensive taxonomy of persisting entities. This new taxonomy differs significantly from the ones that are present in the recent literature. |
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