On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence

Autores
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Año de publicación
2017
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I present a discussion of some issues in the ontology of spacetime. After a characterisation of the controversies among relationists, substantivalists, eternalists, and presentists, I offer a new argument for rejecting presentism, the doctrine that only present objects exist. Then, I outline and defend a form of spacetime realism that I call event substantivalism. I propose an ontological theory for the emergence of spacetime from more basic entities (timeless and spaceless ?events?). Finally, I argue that a relational theory of pre-geometric entities can give rise to substantival spacetime in such a way that relationism and substantivalism are not necessarily opposed positions, but rather complementary. In an appendix I give axiomatic formulations of my ontological views.
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
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Spacetime
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
title On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
spellingShingle On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Ontology
Physics
Spacetime
title_short On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
title_full On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
title_fullStr On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
title_full_unstemmed On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
title_sort On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author_facet Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ontology
Physics
Spacetime
topic Ontology
Physics
Spacetime
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv I present a discussion of some issues in the ontology of spacetime. After a characterisation of the controversies among relationists, substantivalists, eternalists, and presentists, I offer a new argument for rejecting presentism, the doctrine that only present objects exist. Then, I outline and defend a form of spacetime realism that I call event substantivalism. I propose an ontological theory for the emergence of spacetime from more basic entities (timeless and spaceless ?events?). Finally, I argue that a relational theory of pre-geometric entities can give rise to substantival spacetime in such a way that relationism and substantivalism are not necessarily opposed positions, but rather complementary. In an appendix I give axiomatic formulations of my ontological views.
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
description I present a discussion of some issues in the ontology of spacetime. After a characterisation of the controversies among relationists, substantivalists, eternalists, and presentists, I offer a new argument for rejecting presentism, the doctrine that only present objects exist. Then, I outline and defend a form of spacetime realism that I call event substantivalism. I propose an ontological theory for the emergence of spacetime from more basic entities (timeless and spaceless ?events?). Finally, I argue that a relational theory of pre-geometric entities can give rise to substantival spacetime in such a way that relationism and substantivalism are not necessarily opposed positions, but rather complementary. In an appendix I give axiomatic formulations of my ontological views.
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Romero, Gustavo Esteban; On the Ontology of Spacetime: Substantivalism, Relationism, Eternalism, and Emergence; Springer; Foundations of Science; 22; 1; 3-2017; 141-159
1233-1821
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