Spacetime Substantivalism and Einstein's Cosmological Constant.

I offer a novel argument for spacetime substantivalism: We should take the spacetime of general relativity to be a substance because of its active role in gravitational causation. As a clear example of this causal behavior I offer the cosmological constant, a term in the most general form of the Ein...

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Publicado en:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 1299 - 1312
Autor principal:	Baker, David J.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press Dec2005
Materias:	Spacetime Metaphysics Relativistic astrophysics Relativity (Physics) Einstein field equations Philosophy of science Philosophy & science
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