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Problem samodzielności stanowiska strukturalizmu czasoprzestrzennego
Problem of the autonomy of spacetime structuralism

Author(s): Damian Luty
Subject(s): Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: structuralism; substantivalism; relationism; spacetime; General Relativity

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to place the considerations provided by a philosoph- ical family of positions called “spacetime structuralism” in the context of the debate between classical views: substantivalism and relationism in the philos- ophy of spacetime. Altough this task was somehow tackled in the past by other researchers, they never stated most generally, what exactly the problem with spacetime structuralism as a standpoint was. I view that problem as the prob- lem of its autonomy and potential reducibility to both of the classical views. I modestly suggest a general viewpoint on spacetime structuralism: as a pure- ly interpretative endeavour.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 172-187
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish