Space, time, and stuff / / Frank Arntzenius ; with a contribution by Cian Dorr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459698603321
• Autore: Arntzenius Frank
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-19-162914-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 111
• Soggetti: Ontology; Space and time; Geometry in nature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Space, Time, and Stuff""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1: It's just one damn thing after another""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 The structure of time and space in Newtonian physics""; ""1.3 The structure of time and space in relativistic physics""; ""1.4 The idea that time has no structure""; ""1.5 Ridding time of structure in Newtonian particle physics""; ""1.6 Ridding time of structure in Special Relativity""; ""1.7 Ridding time of structure in General Relativity""; ""2: There goes the neighbourhood . . .""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 How separable is the geometric structure of spacetime?""""2.3 How separable is classical particle structure?""; ""2.4 Are velocities intrinsic to spacetime points?""; ""2.5 How separable are the properties of classical fields?""; ""2.6 Separability, dynamical locality, and relativity""; ""3: The world according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 An argument that the world is not separable according to quantum mechanics""; ""3.3 Configuration space realism""; ""3.4 Configuration space realism in Newtonian particle mechanics""; ""3.5 Configuration space realism in non-relativistic quantum particle mechanics""""3.6 Relativistic quantum mechanics and narratibility ; failure""; ""3.7 Can one use dynamics to rescue narratability?""; ""3.8 There is no configuration spacetime""; ""3.9 Multi-time configuration space wave-functions""; ""3.10 Indeterministic relativistic theories in general""; ""3.11 Amplitude realism""; ""3.12 Liberal amplitude realism""; ""3.13 Density-operator realism""; ""3.14 Heisenberg-operator realism""; ""3.15 Flash realism""; ""3.16 Tentative conclusions""; ""4: Pointlessness""; ""4.1 Introduction""""4.2 The possibility of motion and determinism""; ""4.3 Cutting things in half""; ""4.4 Paradoxes of size""; ""4.5 Quantum mechanics and points""; ""4.6 Contact between objects""; ""4.7 The topological approach to pointless spaces""; ""4.8 Objects in a pointless topology""; ""4.9 Fields in a pointless topology""; ""4.10 Problems for the topological approach to gunk""; ""4.11 Measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.12 Problems for measure theoretic gunk""; ""4.13 Conclusions""; ""5: Do space and time exist?""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Leibniz's shifts; an argument against the existence of space""""5.3 Newton's buckets; an argument for the existence of space""; ""5.4 Leibnizean relationism and Newtonian particle theories""; ""5.5 Relationism and Newtonian field theories""; ""5.6 Relationism about time in Newtonian physics""; ""5.7 Piggy-back relationism""; ""5.8 Rich relationism and Newtonian physics""; ""5.9 Relationism and Special Relativity""; ""5.10 The hole argument""; ""5.11 General Relativity and relationism""; ""5.12 Substantivalism""; ""5.13 Supersubstantivalism""; ""6: Gauge theories and fibre-bundle spaces""; ""6.1 Introduction""