Exact Philosophy of Space-Time : In honour of Mario Castagnino

Starting from Bunge's (1977) scientific ontology, we expose a materialistic relational theory of space-time, that carries out the program initiated by Leibniz, and provides a protophysical basis consistent with any rigorous formulation of General Relativity. Space-time is constructed from gener...

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Autor principal: Vucetich, Héctor
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129660
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Sumario:Starting from Bunge's (1977) scientific ontology, we expose a materialistic relational theory of space-time, that carries out the program initiated by Leibniz, and provides a protophysical basis consistent with any rigorous formulation of General Relativity. Space-time is constructed from general concepts which are common to any consistent scientific theory and they are interpreted as emergent properties of the greatest assembly of things, namely, the world.