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En este artículo argumento --en contra de la opinión más generalizada--- que la Teoría General de la Relatividad recibe su interpetacíón natural como una teoría relacional sobre el espacio-tiempo. Para ello me apoyo en tres argumentos: i) La ausencia de identidad primitiva para los puntos del espacio-tiempo en teorías covariantes. ii)El hecho de que el tensor métrico, al tener una estructura genuinamente dinámica, se entiende mejor como un objeto material en toda regla. iii)La posibilidad tanto hipotética como concreta de formular alternativamente -en el contexto de la dinámica clásica- la geometría y la inercia como estructuras relacionales y no como estructuras intrínsecamente sustantivalistas.
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