Euclidean spacetime functionalism.
We explore the significance of physical theories set in Euclidean spacetimes (i.e., theories with Riemannian rather than pseudo-Riemannian metrical structure). In particular, we explore (a) the use of these theories in contemporary physics at large, and (b) the sense in which there can be a notion o...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2022
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