Regarding the "Hole Argument"
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-07-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
I argue that the Hole Argument is based on a misleading use of the mathematical formalism of general relativity. If one is attentive to mathematical practice, I will argue, the Hole Argument is blocked.
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@article{arxiv.1412.0303,
title = {Regarding the "Hole Argument"},
author = {James Owen Weatherall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.0303},
year = {2015}
}
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