Regarding the ‘Hole Argument’

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science:axw012 (2016)
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I argue that the Hole Argument is based on a misleading use of the mathematical formalism of general relativity. If one is attentive to mathematical practice, I will argue, the Hole Argument is blocked.

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