Toward a Directionalist Theory of Space - On Going Nowhere

Arguing that the universe is absolutely directioned and that there exist spatial (directional) relations that Leibniz overlooked, H. Scott Hestevold formulates a new relationalist theory of space, exploring its implications for the Special Composition Question, reductivism regarding boundaries and holes, and the nature of spacetime.

List of contents

PrefaceChapter 1: The Map to Nowhere and Beyond

Chapter 2: Spatial Directionalism

Chapter 3: A Directionalist Theory of Space

Chapter 4: Defending Spacelessness

Chapter 5: The Special Composition Question Revisited

Chapter 6: Is the Road to Nowhere Without Boundaries and Holes?

Chapter 7: Is Modern Physics a Roadblock to Going Nowhere?

Bibliography

About the author

By H. Scott Hestevold

Product details

• Authors: H. Scott Hestevold
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781498579988
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7998-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology