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philosophical theories of space  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PCMWQ6M6-T

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