The hole argument and some physical and philosophical implications

DOI10.12942/lrr-2014-1zbMath1320.83016WikidataQ30398240 ScholiaQ30398240MaRDI QIDQ2353449

John Stachel

Publication date: 14 July 2015

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2014-1

zbMATH Keywords

general relativity; philosophy of science; hole argument; history of science; general-relativistic Cauchy problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory

83-03: History of relativity and gravitational theory

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