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A FORMAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPACETIME MANIFOLD.

The spacetime manifold, the stage on which physics is played, is constructed ab initio in a formal program that resembles the logicist reconstruction of mathematics. Zermelo’s set theory extended by urelemente serves as a framework, to which physically interpretable proper axioms are added. From thi...

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Published in:Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 441 - 479
Main Author: Benda, Thomas
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2008
Subjects:
Mathematics
Set theory
Topology
Axioms
Physics
Mathematical logic
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