Rdzenie strukturalnych ontologii czasoprzestrzeni — analiza i krytyka

Damian Luty

doi:10.31648/hip.390

Published: 2018-08-181

No. 22 (2016)

Cores of Spacetime Structural Ontologies — Analysis and Critique

Damian Luty

Humanities and Natural Sciences

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.390

Abstract

A discussion of ontological interpretations of spacetimes in General Relativity in the context of structuralistic accounts is presented. I describe what I understand under the term “core-effectiveness”. I take core-effectiveness as the basis for evaluating structural, ontological positions. I state a thesis that the cores of some important positions are limited and I postulate a synthesis between the cores (or at least between some of their aspects). I elaborate four ontological spacetime structuralisms. Each is criticised in the context of its core-effectiveness. I sum up with suggesting some possibilities of carrying out the mentioned synthesis between the cores

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structuralism, spacetime, general relativity

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Luty, D. (2018). Cores of Spacetime Structural Ontologies — Analysis and Critique. Humanities and Natural Sciences, (22), 221–238. https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.390

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