Distance and Discrete Space

Synthese 155 (1):157-162 (2007)
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Given Lewis’s views about recombination and spatial relations, there are possible worlds in which space is discrete and yet the Pythagorean theorem is true – contrary to the so-called Weyl-Tile argument that concluded that the Pythagorean theorem must fail if space is discrete.

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10.1007/s11229-005-5034-7

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