Regarding the ‘Hole Argument’

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 69 (2):329-350 (2018)
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I argue that the hole argument is based on a misleading use of the mathematical formalism of general relativity. If one is attentive to mathematical practice, I will argue, the hole argument is blocked. _1._ Introduction _2._ A Warmup Exercise _3._ The Hole Argument _4._ An Argument from Classical Spacetime Theory _5._ The Hole Argument Revisited

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James Weatherall
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