Leibnizian relationalism for general relativistic physics

被引：10

作者：

Vassallo, Antonio ^{[1
]}

Esfeld, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lausanne, Sect Philosophie, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

来源：

STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS | 2016年 / 55卷

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Leibnizian relationalism; Humeanism; General relativity; Gravity; Shape dynamics; Duality; SPACETIME;

D O I：

10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.08.006

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

An ontology of Leibnizian relationalism, consisting in distance relations among sparse matter points and their change only, is well recognized as a serious option in the context of classical mechanics. In this paper, we investigate how this ontology fares when it comes to general relativistic physics. Using a Humean strategy, we regard the gravitational field as a means to represent the overall change in the distance relations among point particles in a way that achieves the best combination of being simple and being informative. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：101 / 107

页数：7

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