Against 'functional gravitational energy': a critical note on functionalism, selective realism, and geometric objects and gravitational energy.

The present paper revisits the debate between realists about gravitational energy in GR (who opine that gravitational energy can be said to meaningfully exist in GR) and anti-realists/eliminativists (who deny this). I re-assess the arguments underpinning Hoefer's seminal eliminativist stance, and th...

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Publicado en:	Synthese Vol. 199; no. 2; pp. 299 - 334
Autor principal:	Duerr, Patrick M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Dec2021 Supplement 2
Materias:	Gravitational energy Philosophy of mind Realism General relativity (Physics)
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