Substantivalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Substantivalism is a noun meaning (philosophy) The doctrine that space and time have an existence independent of physical things.
Meaning
(philosophy) The doctrine that space and time have an existence independent of physical things.
Example Sentences
In it, Clarke defends on behalf of Newton a form of substantivalism according to which (absolute) space exists independently of matter and is as real as matter.
Several philosophers of science have argued that the general theory of relativity actually supports spacetime substantivalism (if not separate spatial and temporal substantivalisms) since it allows solutions consisting of nothing but a differentiable manifold with metric tensor field […]
Word Forms
- substantivalisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include substantialism, physicalism, relationism, materialism, realism, temporalism.
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