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Against Generalism
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DOI：10.1080/00048402.2026.2669937.png)
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Relationism is the view that our best physical theories can dispense with spacetime. To show the feasibility of relationism, philosophers have suggested a whole range of approaches, from the postulation of a physical plenum to the use of modality. Shamik Dasgupta has recently suggested using his Generalism to develop a relationist account of spacetime. This paper argues that Dasgupta's Generalism offers no hope to the defenders of relationism. We first present Generalism in what we take to be its most perspicuous formulation. We then discuss a recent argument by Sider () against Generalism and show how to defuse it. Finally, we present a novel argument against Generalism based on Barrett's criterion of parsimony (Barrett ).
Keywords:
Generalism
Relationism
Spacetime
Theoretical equivalence
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