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A Proposal for a Metaphysics of Self-Subsisting Structures. I. Classical Physics
Antonio Vassallo, Pedro Naranjo, Tim Koslowski
We present a new metaphysical framework for physics that is conceptually clear, ontologically parsimonious, and empirically adequate. This framework relies on the notion of self-su…
What Represents Space-time? And What Follows for Substantivalism \emph{vs.} Relationalism and Gravitational Energy?
J. Brian Pitts
The questions of what represents space-time in GR, the status of gravitational energy, the substantivalist-relationalist issue, and the (non)exceptional status of gravity are inter…
Relationalism about mechanics based on a minimalist ontology of matter
Antonio Vassallo, Dirk-André Deckert, Michael Esfeld
This paper elaborates on relationalism about space and time as motivated by a minimalist ontology of the physical world: there are only matter points that are individuated by the d…
General Covariance, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and Background Independence in 5 Dimensions
Antonio Vassallo
The paper considers the "GR-desideratum", that is, the way general relativity implements general covariance, diffeomorphism invariance, and background independence. Two cases are d…