Title

Leibniz's principle, dynamism, and nonlocality

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Physics Essays

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

I argue that the space-time perspective is supported by a fundamental principle of standard set theory - multiplicity iff discernability. I contend quantum nonlocality refutes dynamism and weighs against the differentiable manifold as a model of space-time. I then suggest a pregeometric model of space-time divorced from and fundamental to dynamism, i.e., without reference to interacting transtemporal objects. This proposal employs uniform spaces generated via topological groups. The uniformities on the set underlying the group structures of order 4 with the discrete topology are used as a toy model to illustrate this idea.

Volume

12

Issue

3

First Page

414

Last Page

419

DOI

10.4006/1.3025398

ISSN

08361398

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