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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…
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…
Geometrodynamics as Functionalism about Time
Henrique Gomes, Jeremy Butterfield
We review three broadly geometrodynamical---and in part, Machian or relational---projects, from the perspective of spacetime functionalism. We show how all three are examples of fu…
Functionalism as a Species of Reduction
J. Butterfield, H. Gomes
This is the first of four papers prompted by a recent literature about a doctrine dubbed spacetime functionalism. This paper gives our general framework for discussing functionalis…