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The Hole Argument and Beyond, Part II: Treating Non-isomorphic Spacetimes
Henrique Gomes, Jeremy Butterfield
In this two-part paper we review, and then develop, the assessment of the hole argument for general relativity. The review (in Part I) discussed how to compare points in isomorphic…
The Hole Argument and Beyond, Part I: The Story so Far
Henrique Gomes, Jeremy Butterfield
In this two-part paper, we review, and then develop, the assessment of the hole argument for general relativity. This first Part reviews the literature hitherto, focussing on the p…
How to Choose a Gauge? The case of Hamiltonian Electromagnetism
Henrique Gomes, Jeremy Butterfield
We develop some ideas about gauge symmetry in the context of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in the Hamiltonian formalism. One great benefit of this formalism is that it pairs…
John Bell on 'Subject and Object': an Exchange
Hans Halvorson, Jeremy Butterfield
This three-part paper comprises: (i) a critique by Halvorson of Bell's (1973) paper "Subject and Object"; (ii) a comment by Butterfield; (iii) a reply by Halvorson. An Appendix giv…
Recovering General Relativity from a Planck scale discrete theory of quantum gravity
Fay Dowker, Jeremy Butterfield
An argument is presented that if a theory of quantum gravity is physically discrete at the Planck scale and the theory recovers General Relativity as an approximation, then, at the…
The Gauge Argument: A Noether Reason
Bryan W. Roberts, Henrique Gomes, Jeremy Butterfield
Why is gauge symmetry so important in modern physics, given that one must eliminate it when interpreting what the theory represents? In this paper we discuss the sense in which gau…