Timpul și problema conservării energiei
Time and the Problem of Energy Conservation

Summary/Abstract: This paper purports to show a transcendental link between the problem of energy conservation in General Relativity and the metaphysical status of spacetime. By tracing a parallel between the contemporary discussion in physics and Kant’s Analogies of Experience, I adopt a functionalist position in showing how the two problems are interrelated. Comparing Special and General Relativity, I highlight the outcomes of reifying spacetime – and the transcendental cost of substantivalism.

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