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Indeed, several essential features of a relativistic spacetime, singular or not, cannot be localized in the way that an Aristotelian substantivalist would demand.

Singularities and Black Holes Curiel, Erik 2009

Nonetheless most philosophers of physics seem to have concluded that if spacetime points do have primitive identity then the substantivalist who is committed to them must regard the failure of haecceitistic determinism as a genuine failure of determinism.

Structural Realism Ladyman, James 2009

Since the manifold substantivalist denies Leibniz equivalence, the substantivalist must hold that the two systems represent distinct physical systems.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

In their celebrated debate over space and time, Leibniz taunted the substantivalist Newton's representative, Clarke, by asking how the world would change if East and West were switched.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

So the substantivalist must insist that it makes a physical difference as to whether the galaxy passes through event E or not.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

For present purposes we need only consider a consequence of the substantivalist view and can set aside the task of giving a precise formulation of the substantivalist view.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

For the manifold substantivalist, this must be a matter of objective physical fact: either the galaxy passes through E or not.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

So far we have characterized the substantivalist doctrine as the view that spacetime has an existence independent of its contents.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

Thus the indeterminism is a direct product of the substantivalist viewpoint.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008

But the Newtonian substantivalist had to concede that the bodies of the world were now located in different spatial positions, so the two systems were physically distinct.

The Hole Argument Norton, John D. 2008