INVESTIGADORES
ROMERO Gustavo Esteban
artículos
Título:
Presentism meets black holes
Autor/es:
ROMERO, GUSTAVO E; PÉREZ, DANIELA
Revista:
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Año: 2014 vol. 4 p. 293 - 308
ISSN:
1879-4912
Resumen:
Presentism is, roughly, the metaphysical doctrine that maintains that
whatever exists, exists in the present. The compatibility of presentism
with the theories of special and general relativity was much debated in
recent years. It has been argued that at least some versions of
presentism are consistent with time-orientable models of general
relativity. In this paper we confront the thesis of presentism with
relativistic physics, in the strong gravitational limit where black
holes are formed. We conclude that the presentist position is at odds
with the existence of black holes and other compact objects in the
universe. A revision of the thesis is necessary, if it is intended to be
consistent with the current scientific view of the universe.