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Bunge on gravitational waves

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arxiv 1708.04665 v1 pith:M2SET6PU submitted 2017-08-15 gr-qc physics.hist-ph

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I discuss the recent claims made by Mario Bunge on the philosophical implications of the discovery of gravitational waves. I think that Bunge is right when he points out that the detection implies the materiality of spacetime, but I reject his identification of spacetime with the gravitational field. I show that Bunge's analysis of the spacetime inside a hollow sphere is defective, but this in no way affects his main claim.

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