Adversus Singularitates: The Ontology of Space–Time Singularities

Foundations of Science 18 (2):297-306 (2013)
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Abstract

I argue that there are no physical singularities in space–time. Singular space–time models do not belong to the ontology of the world, because of a simple reason: they are concepts, defective solutions of Einstein’s field equations. I discuss the actual implication of the so-called singularity theorems. In remarking the confusion and fog that emerge from the reification of singularities I hope to contribute to a better understanding of the possibilities and limits of the theory of general relativity

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Gustavo E. Romero
Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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