Geometric Possibility

Zusatztext It offers a well-motivated contribution to a philosophical debate of great historical significance. Informationen zum Autor Gordon Belot is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, having previously taught at Princeton University, New York University, and the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of a number of articles concerning the philosophy of space and time and other topics in philosophy of physics. Klappentext Relationalism seeks to ground all claims about the structure of space in facts about actual and possible configurations of matter. Gordon Belot elucidates the prospects for this view of the nature of space by investigating the key notion of geometric possibility in relation to philosophical notions of physical possibility. Zusammenfassung Relationalism seeks to ground all claims about the structure of space in facts about actual and possible configurations of matter. Gordon Belot elucidates the prospects for this view of the nature of space by investigating the key notion of geometric possibility in relation to philosophical notions of physical possibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: Possible Structures of Space 2: Spatial Structure for Relationalists 3: Best-System Approaches 4: Primitivism Approaches 5: Necessitarian Approaches Conclusion Appendices References

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Belot, Gordon (University of Michigan) Belot, Belot Gordon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780199595327
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959532-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology