TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Argument from Physics and General Relativity
AU - Weaver, Christopher Gregory
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I presented earlier versions of this paper at the 2014 Eastern American Philosophical Association conference, Mississippi State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Yale University. I thank my audiences at those institutions for their comments. I also thank two anonymous referees with Erkenntnis for their helpful comments and criticisms. The paper has benefited from correspondence with and/or comments from and/or discussions with David Albert, Tom Banks, David Black, Eddy Keming Chen, Shamik Dasgupta, George Ellis, Ned Hall, Michael Townsen Hicks, Barry Loewer, John Norton, Don Page, Laurie Paul, Joshua Rasmussen, Carlo Rovelli, Daniel Rubio, Jonathan Schaffer, Peter van Elswyk, Robert Wald, Aron Wall, and Dean Zimmerman. I thank all of these individuals for their help. Any mistakes that remain are mine.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - I argue that the best interpretation of the general theory of relativity (GTR) has need of a causal entity (i.e., the gravitational field), and causal structure that is not reducible to light cone structure. I suggest that this causal interpretation of GTR helps defeat a key premise in one of the most popular arguments for causal reductionism, viz., the argument from physics.
AB - I argue that the best interpretation of the general theory of relativity (GTR) has need of a causal entity (i.e., the gravitational field), and causal structure that is not reducible to light cone structure. I suggest that this causal interpretation of GTR helps defeat a key premise in one of the most popular arguments for causal reductionism, viz., the argument from physics.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10670-018-0030-8
DO - 10.1007/s10670-018-0030-8
M3 - Article
SN - 0165-0106
VL - 85
SP - 333
EP - 373
JO - Erkenntnis
JF - Erkenntnis
IS - 2
ER -