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Toward a Directionalist Theory of Space: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space

Autor H. Scott Hestevold
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mai 2022
In Toward a Directionalist Theory of Space: On Going Nowhere, H. Scott Hestevold formulates a new relationalist theory of space by appealing to the view that the universe is directioned in the sense that there exist directional relations-a class of spatial relations that Leibniz overlooked. Extending the directionalist/relationalist theory of space to the problem of when it is that discrete objects compose a whole, Hestevold revisits his answer to the Special Composition Question. He also uses the directionalist/relationalist theory to formulate reductivist theories of boundaries and holes-theories that may allow one to resist the view that boundaries and holes are ontologically parasitic entities. Finally, he explores directionalism/relationalism vis-à-vis spacetime. After noting findings of modern physics that favor substantivalist spacetime and then developing metaphysical concerns that favor instead directionalist/relationalist spacetime, Hestevold notes the ontological benefit of endorsing spatiotemporal directional relations even if spacetime substantivalism is the winning theory.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498579988
ISBN-10: 1498579981
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
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Cuprins

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?

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