Espaciotiempos singulares y holismo físico
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https://doi.org/10.35588/cc.v7d8357Palabras clave:
holismo físico, singularidades espaciotemporales, relatividad general, superveniencia, incompletitud de curvas, maximalidad del espaciotiempoResumen
Este artículo examina el estatus holista de los espaciotiempos singulares en la relatividad general a partir del holismo físico propuesto por Richard Healey (1991). Se muestra que la caracterización estándar de las singularidades en términos de incompletitud de curvas revela una tensión entre la estructura local y la estructura global del espaciotiempo. En el dominio general de los modelos dinámicamente posibles de la teoría, se argumenta que la propiedad de incompletitud no superviene en la base local de propiedades y relaciones físicas, lo que constituye un caso genuino de holismo de propiedades en el sentido de Healey. Sin embargo, al restringir el análisis al dominio de los espaciotiempos maximales, la aplicación del holismo al estilo de Healey se ve restringida por razones geométricas. Se sostiene, no obstante, que estas singularidades exhiben una forma distinta de holismo, de carácter epistémico estructural, asociada a la imposibilidad de reconstruir localmente su estatus global.
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