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ZAGADNIENIA HOLIZMU W KONTEKŚCIE RELACJONIZMU I STRUKTURALIZMU
HOLISM ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF RELATIONISM AND STRUCTURALISM

Author(s): Damian Luty
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Existentialism, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: gravitational nonlocalities; general relativity; relationism; structuralism; spacetime; holism;

Summary/Abstract: Two positions in which the mode of existence of Spacetime is considered are reconstructed — relationism and structuralism (I discuss the version of structuralism one can find in the so-called Ontic Structural Realism). I present and describe the notion of gravitational nonlocalities, at which one arrives through the difficulties with formulating laws of energy conservation in General Relativity. I state and try to defend a thesis, that the above difficulty may rise two different „weak” holisms on the ground of each mentioned position.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 35B
  • Page Range: 146-166
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish