New Perspectives on the Hole Argument
Bryan W. Roberts, James Owen Weatherall
Abstract
This special issue of Foundations of Physics collects together articles representing some recent new perspectives on the hole argument in the history and philosophy of physics. Our task here is to introduce those new perspectives.
Topics & Concepts
Argument (complex analysis)Philosophy of sciencePhilosophy of physicsEpistemologyTheoretical physicsTask (project management)PhysicsPhilosophyEngineeringChemistrySystems engineeringBiochemistryRelativity and Gravitational TheoryQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsPhilosophy and History of Science