In general relativity, the hole argument is an apparent paradox that much troubled Albert Einstein while developing his famous field equations. Some philosophers...

Archive. Earman has notably contributed to debate about the "hole argument". The hole argument was invented for different purposes by Albert Einstein late...

After more than two years of intensive work, Einstein realized that the hole argument was mistaken and abandoned the theory in November 1915. In 1917, Einstein...

abandoned that approach, arguing that it is inconsistent based on the "hole argument". In 1914 and much of 1915, Einstein was trying to create field equations...

A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light and other electromagnetic waves, is capable of possessing...

of earth to throw at his wife during an argument. "Horcum, Hole of Horcum". "Urra". "Levisham Moor and the Hole of Horcum". North York Moors National Park...

holes would instantly evaporate, either totally or leaving only a very weakly interacting residue.[citation needed] Beside the theoretical arguments,...

matter. Hawking's semi-classical argument is reproduced in a quantum mechanical AdS/CFT treatment, where a black hole in anti-de Sitter space is described...

convinced him that rotating black holes ought to create and emit particles. Hawking would find aspects of both of these arguments true once he did the calculation...

black holes or supernovae, which could be seen as evidence against a benevolent creator. Furthermore, opponents argue that the anthropic argument is based...