What price spacetime substantivalism? The hole story
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 38 (4):515-525 (1987)
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Spacetime substantivalism leads to a radical form of indeterminism within a very broad class of spacetime theories which include our best spacetime theory, general relativity. Extending an argument from Einstein, we show that spacetime substantivalists are committed to very many more distinct physical states than these theories' equations can determine, even with the most extensive boundary conditionsAuthor Profiles
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