The Non-Fundamentality of Spacetime: General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, and Metaphysics

by Kian Salimkhani

This book argues that our current best theories of fundamental physics are best interpreted as positing spacetime as non-fundamental. It is written in accessible language and largely avoids mathematical technicalities by instead focusing on the key metaphysical and foundational lessons for the fundamentality of spacetime.

According to orthodoxy, spacetime and spatiotemporal properties are regarded as fundamental structures of our world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032518332
• ISBN13: 9781032518336
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"