| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5130495 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
An ontology of Leibnizian relationalism, consisting in distance relations among sparse matter points and their change only, is well recognized as a serious option in the context of classical mechanics. In this paper, we investigate how this ontology fares when it comes to general relativistic physics. Using a Humean strategy, we regard the gravitational field as a means to represent the overall change in the distance relations among point particles in a way that achieves the best combination of being simple and being informative.
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