Journal article
Clarifying coincident general relativity
- Abstract:
- The nodes of the ‘geometric trinity’ are: (i) general relativity (in which gravitational effects are a manifestation of spacetime curvature), (ii) the ‘teleparallel equivalent’ of general relativity (which trades spacetime curvature for torsion), and (iii) the ‘symmetric teleparallel equivalent’ of general relativity (which trades spacetime curvature for non-metricity). One popular reformulation of (iii) is ‘coincident general relativity’, but this theory has yet to receive any philosophical attention. This article aims both to introduce philosophers to coincident general relativity, and to undertake a detailed assessment of its features.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/psa.2026.10222
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Philosophy of Science More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2026-05-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2026-04-30
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1539-767X
- ISSN:
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0031-8248
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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2413016
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pubs:2413016
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2026-04-30
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- Copyright holder:
- Read and Wolf
- Copyright date:
- 2026
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association.
- Notes:
- The author accepted manuscript (AAM) of this paper has been made available under the University of Oxford's Open Access Publications Policy, and a CC BY public copyright licence has been applied.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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