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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1999 50(4):639-664; doi:10.1093/bjps/50.4.639
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Holes, Haecceitism and two conceptions of determinism

J Melia

Department of Philosophy, University of York, York, Y010 5DD, UK E-mail: jwm9@york.ac.uk

In this paper I claim that Earman and Norton's hole argument against substantivalist interpretations of General Relativity assumes that the substantivalist must adopt a conception of determinism which I argue is unsatisfactory. Butterfield and others have responded to the hole argument by finding a conception of determinism open to the substantivalist that is not prone to the hole argument. But, unfortunately for the substantivalist, I argue this conception also turns out to be unsatisfactory. Accordingly, I search for a conception of determinism that is both independently plausible and capable of blocking the hole argument.


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