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The Hole Argument for Reference Frames

History and Philosophy of Physics 2024-12-30 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We exploit the results of Bamonti and Gomes (2024) concerning the dynamical (un)coupling of reference frames to gravity to analyse the role of reference frames in the Hole Argument. We introduce a new possible threat to determinism, which we call Arbitrariness Problem (ARB), resulting from the inherent freedom in selecting a reference frame.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2412.19760,
  title  = {The Hole Argument for Reference Frames},
  author = {Nicola Bamonti and Henrique Gomes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.19760},
  year   = {2024}
}
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