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On the Existence of Spacetime Structure.

I examine the debate between substantivalists and relationalists about the ontological character of spacetime and conclude it is not well posed. I argue that the hole argument does not bear on the debate, because it provides no clear criterion to distinguish the positions. I propose two such precise...

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Published in:British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 447 - 484
Main Author: Curiel, Erik
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Jun2018
Subjects:
Existence theorems
Spacetime
Manifolds (Mathematics)
Realism
Instrumentalism (Philosophy)
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