A Generalized Manifold Topology for Branching Space-Times.
The logical theory of branching space-times, which provides a relativistic framework for studying objective indeterminism, remains mostly disconnected from discussions of space-time theories in philosophy of physics. Earman has criticized the branching approach and suggested "pruning some branches f...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 1089 - 1101 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2013
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