2 papers
physics.hist-ph2020
Spacetime functionalism from a realist perspective
Vincent Lam, Christian Wuthrich
In prior work, we have argued that spacetime functionalism provides tools for clarifying the conceptual difficulties specifically linked to the emergence of spacetime in certain ap…
physics.hist-ph2018
Spacetime is as spacetime does
Vincent Lam, Christian Wuthrich
Theories of quantum gravity generically presuppose or predict that the reality underlying relativistic spacetimes they are describing is significantly non-spatiotemporal. On pain o…