Abstract
AbstractLeibnizian metaphysics underpins the universally held view that spacetime must be inextendible—that it must be “as large as it can be” in a sense. But here we demonstrate a surprising fact within the context of general relativity: the property of inextendibility turns out to be unstable when attention is restricted to certain collections of “physically reasonable” spacetimes.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
History and Philosophy of Science,Philosophy,History