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WSZECHŚWIAT BLOKOWY W KONTEKŚCIE NOWEGO SUBSTANCJALIZMU CZASOPRZESTRZENNEGO
BLOCK UNIVERSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW SPACETIME SUBSTANTIVALISM

Author(s): Damian Luty
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: radical Block Universe; new spacetime substantivalism; hole argument; time; diffeomorphisms;

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the paper is to present the problem of time, which emerges in the context of the discussion about the ontological status of spacetime. The problem is a consequence of the progress of the participants of the discussion due to the application of the hole argument to the dispute. I present the shortened history of the hole argument, characterize the participants of the mentioned dispute, their development, I give a formulation of the timeless ontology and the attempts to negate it by the new spacetime substantivalists. I present and discuss a thesis suggesting that those attempts are futile.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 144-157
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish