john byron manchak
publications
"Global Spacetime Structure." Forthcoming in R. W. Batterman (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pdf
Essay Review of David Malament, Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory. Philosophy of Science. 79 (2012): 575-583. pdf
"Time Travel: Why It May Not Pay to Work Out All the Kinks." Philosophy of Science. 78 (2011): 1037-1045. pdf
"What is a Physically Reasonable Spacetime?" Philosophy of Science. 78 (2011): 410-420. pdf
"No No-Go: A Remark on Time Machines." Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 42 (2011): 74-76. pdf
"On Efficient 'Time Travel' in Gödel Spacetime." General Relativity and Gravitation. 43 (2011): 51-60. pdf
"On the Possibility of Supertasks in General Relativity." Foundations of Physics. 40 (2010): 276-288. pdf
"On the Existence of 'Time Machines' in General Relativity." Philosophy of Science. 76 (2009): 1020-1026. pdf
"On Force in Cartesian Physics." Philosophy of Science. 76 (2009): 295-306. pdf
"Is Spacetime Hole-Free?" General Relativity and Gravitation. 41 (2009): 1639-1643. pdf
"Can We Know the Global Structure of Spacetime?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 40 (2009): 53-56. pdf
"Is Prediction Possible in General Relativity?" Foundations of Physics. 38 (2008): 317-321. pdf
works in progress
"The Geometry of Conventionality." (with Jim Weatherall) pdf
"On the Relationship between Spacetime Singularities, Holes, and Extensions." pdf
"Space and Time." Forthcoming in S. O. Hansson and V. F. Hendricks (eds.) The Handbook of Formal Philosophy. Dordrecht: Springer. pdf