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Spaces of Spaces
Edward Anderson
Wheeler emphasized the study of Superspace - the space of 3-geometries on a spatial manifold of fixed topology. This is a configuration space for GR; knowledge of configuration spa…
Where to Apply Relationalism
Edward Anderson
Relationalism -- along the lines developed by Barbour and collaborators in the past 3 decades -- can be considered an advance with 1/4 of the facets of the canonical approach's Pro…
Problem of Time and Background Independence: the Individual Facets
Edward Anderson
I lay out the problem of time facets as arising piecemeal from a number of aspects of background independence. Almost all of these already have simpler classical counterparts. This…
Problem of Time in Slightly Inhomogeneous Cosmology
Edward Anderson
The Problem of Time (PoT) is a multi-faceted conceptual incompatibility between various areas of Theoretical Physics. Whilst usually stated as between GR and QM, in fact 8/9ths of…