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This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like causal explanation, Professor Nerlich prepares the ground for philosophical argument and investigates how different spaces would affect perception differently. Along the way Professor Nerlich criticizes and rejects conventionalism as a non-realist metaphysics of space, concluding that there is, in fact, no problem of underdetermination for this aspect of spacetime theories, while offering an extensive discussion of the relativity of motion.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521456456
  • ISBN-10: 0521456452
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: August 1994
  • Dimensions: 8.94 x 5.97 x 0.68 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.94 pounds
  • Page Count: 308

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