From change to spacetime: an Eleatic journey
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-05-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
I present a formal ontological theory where the basic building blocks of the world can be either things or events. In any case, the result is a Parmenidean worldview where change is not a global property. What we understand by change manifests as asymmetries in the pattern of the world-lines that constitute 4-dimensional existents. I maintain that such a view is in accord with current scientific knowledge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.0804,
title = {From change to spacetime: an Eleatic journey},
author = {Gustavo E. Romero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0804},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
13 pages, accepted for publication in Foundations of Science