IAR   05382
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE RADIOASTRONOMIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
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.