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Preferred term
philosophical theories of space
Definition
- From antiquity through the Scientific Revolution, a major controversy was whether extension can exist without body. Although this is sometimes still debated, the original Problemstellung has been eclipsed in three respects: first, by the emergence of the field concept in physics; second, by the assimilation of space into space-time; and third, by the geometrization of gravity in the general theory of relativity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Space, Philosophical Theories of]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/philosophical_theories_of_space
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