caa a22 4500 445386738 CHVBK 20180317143034.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10714-011-1210-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10714-011-1210-x Belot Gordon Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Background-independence [Elektronische Daten] [Gordon Belot] Intuitively speaking, a classical field theory is background-independent if the structure required to make sense of its equations is itself subject to dynamical evolution, rather than being imposed ab initio. The aim of this paper is to provide an explication of this intuitive notion. Background-independence is not a not formal property of theories: the question whether a theory is background-independent depends upon how the theory is interpreted. Under the approach proposed here, a theory is fully background-independent relative to an interpretation if each physical possibility corresponds to a distinct spacetime geometry; and it falls short of full background-independence to the extent that this condition fails. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Background-independence nationallicence General relativity nationallicence Absolute objects nationallicence General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/10(2011-10-01), 2865-2884 0001-7701 43:10<2865 2011 43 10714 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-011-1210-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-011-1210-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Belot Gordon Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/10(2011-10-01), 2865-2884 0001-7701 43:10<2865 2011 43 10714 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer