| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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Toposophia: Sustainability, Dwelling, Design |
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Toposophia.
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| Contents |
Preface Chapter 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 |
| Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
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| SUBJECT |
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 fast |
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Space and time.
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Space -- Philosophy
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Relativity.
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Science: Physics.
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Relativity
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Space and time
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498579971 |
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1498579973 |
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