Two challenges to the requirement of substantive general covariance

DOI10.1007/s11229-004-6239-xzbMath1099.83554OpenAlexW2087967858MaRDI QIDQ2500809

John Earman

Publication date: 18 August 2006

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-004-6239-x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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