Disregarding the 'Hole Argument'
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-09-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Jim Weatherall has suggested that Einstein's hole argument, as presented by Earman and Norton (1987), is based on a misleading use of mathematics. I argue on the contrary that Weatherall demands an implausible restriction on how mathematics is used. The hole argument, on the other hand, is in no new danger at all.
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@article{arxiv.1412.5289,
title = {Disregarding the 'Hole Argument'},
author = {Bryan W. Roberts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5289},
year = {2015}
}
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19 pages, 4 figures