UID:
almahu_9949473983302882
Format:
1 online resource (226 p.)
ISBN:
9783110325928
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9783110636949
Series Statement:
Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 49
Content:
In this book I investigate the necessary structure of the aether - the stuff that fills the whole universe. Some of my conclusions are. 1. There is an enormous variety of structures that the aether might, for all we know, have. 2. Probably the aether is point-free. 3. In that case, it should be distinguished from Space-time, which is either a fiction or a construct. 4. Even if the aether has points, we should reject the orthodoxy that all regions are grounded in points by summation. 5. If the aether is point-free but not continuous, its most likely structure has extended atoms that are not simples. 6. Space-time is symmetric if and only if the aether is continuous. 7. If the aether is continuous, we should reject the standard interpretation of General Relativity, in which geometry determines gravity. 8. Contemporary physics undermines an objection to discrete aether based on scale invariance, but does not offer much positive support.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Introduction --
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1. A Survey of Hypotheses about the Aether's Structure --
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2. Conflicting Intuitions --
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3. Which Intuition to Abandon? --
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4. Hypervolume and Topology --
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5. The Problem with Differentiable Manifolds --
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6. Contemporary Physics and Discrete Aether --
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7. Symmetric Space-time --
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Conclusions --
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Glossary --
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References --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Philosophy 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636949
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317350
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE PHILOSOPHY 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317329
In:
E-BOOK PAKET PHILOSOPHIE 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317312
In:
eBook Package De Gruyter Ontos 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110331202
In:
eBook Paket De Gruyter Ontos 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110331196
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110325171
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9783110325928
