Quantum Gravity and Mereology: Not So Simple.
A number of philosophers have argued in favour of extended simples on the grounds that they are needed by fundamental physics. The arguments typically appeal to theories of quantum gravity. To date, the argument in favour of extended simples has ignored the fact that the very existence of spacetime...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 19 - 41 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2022
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