Spacetime the one substance

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-148

  Schaffer, Jonathan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monism; Spacetime; Substantivalism; Supersubstantivalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549092638     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-009-9386-6     Document Type: Article

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