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广义相对论是否强调了自然界中的必然联系?

Does General Relativity Highlight Necessary Connections in Nature?

Antonio Vassallo

摘要:

广义相对论的动力学被编码在一组10个微分方程中,即所谓的爱因斯坦场方程。人们通常认为爱因斯坦方程代表了描述时空与物质场耦合的物理定律。然而,这些方程中只有六个实际上描述了耦合机制:其余四个代表了一组称为比安基恒等式的微分关系。本文讨论的物理作用,比安基身份发挥广义相对论,并调查是否这些身份-作为一个物理定律的一部分-突出了某种后验的必要性在克里普克的意义。调查表明,广义相对论物理学有一个有趣的关系的辩论形而上学的自然规律。

英文摘要:

The dynamics of general relativity is encoded in a set of ten differential equations, the so-called Einstein field equations. It is usually believed that Einstein's equations represent a physical law describing the coupling of spacetime with material fields. However, just six of these equations actually describe the coupling mechanism: the remaining four represent a set of differential relations known as Bianchi identities. The paper discusses the physical role that the Bianchi identities play in general relativity, and investigates whether these identities -- qua part of a physical law -- highlight some kind of a posteriori necessity in a Kripkean sense. The inquiry shows that general relativistic physics has an interesting bearing on the debate about the metaphysics of the laws of nature.

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