Prediction in general relativity.
Several authors have claimed that prediction is essentially impossible in the general theory of relativity, the case being particularly strong, it is said, when one fully considers the epistemic predicament of the observer. Each of these claims rests on the support of an underdetermination argument...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 194; no. 2; pp. 491 - 510 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2017
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