The epistemology of spacetime.

How is it that the basic structures of space and time come to manifest themselves in physical theories and theorising, and in our empirical experience of the world? This question is central to an important field of the philosophy of physics: the epistemology of spacetime. In this article, we survey...

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Published in:Philosophy Compass Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors: Dewar, Neil, Linnemann, Niels, Read, James
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2022
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