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First-class constraints generate gauge transformations in electromagnetism (reply to Pitts)
Oliver Pooley, David Wallace
Brian Pitts has recently claimed to show via straightforward calculation that, at least in the case of Hamiltonian electromagnetism, an arbitrary first-class constraint ``generates…
On the mathematics and metaphysics of the hole argument
Oliver Pooley, James Read
We make some remarks on the mathematics and metaphysics of the hole argument, in response to a recent article in this journal by Weatherall ([2018]). Broadly speaking, we defend th…
The Hole Argument
Oliver Pooley
This paper reviews the hole argument as an argument against spacetime substantivalism. After a careful presentation of the argument itself I review possible responses.
Background Independence, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and the Meaning of Coordinates
Oliver Pooley
Diffeomorphism invariance is sometimes taken to be a criterion of background independence. This claim is commonly accompanied by a second, that the genuine physical magnitudes (the…
Minkowski space-time: a glorious non-entity
Harvey R. Brown, Oliver Pooley
Einstein distinguished between ``principle'' and ``constructive'' theories in physics, and although he thought the latter were more explanatory than the former, he regarded his 190…
The origin of the spacetime metric: Bell's `Lorentzian pedagogy' and its significance in general relativity
Harvey R. Brown, Oliver Pooley
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the `Lorentzian pedagogy' defended by J.S. Bell in his essay ``How to teach special relativity'', and to explore its consistency with Einst…