Closing the Hole Argument.
The hole argument purportedly shows that spacetime substantivalism implies a pernicious form of indeterminism. Here we attempt to answer the question: what is the mathematical fact that is supposed to underwrite the hole argument? We identify two relevant mathematical claims. The first claim is triv...
| Publicado en: | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 295 - 319 |
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University of Chicago Press
Jun2025
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