The Metaphysics within Physics book
The Metaphysics within Physics book
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Author: Department of Philosophy Tim Maudlin
Page Count: 208 pages
Published Date: 18 Jan 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780199575374
File size: 42 Mb
File Name: The.Metaphysics.within.Physics.pdf
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What fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory? Physics straightforwardly postulates quarks and electrons, but what of the more intangible elements, such as laws of nature, universals, causation and the direction of time? Do they have a place in the physical structure of the world? Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from those most commonly defended by philosophers. Physics postulates irreducible fundamental laws, eschews universals, does not require a fundamental notion of causation, and makes room for the passage of time. In a series of linked essays The Metaphysics Within Physics outlines an approach to metaphysics opposed to the Humean reductionism that motivates much analytical metaphysics.
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The Metaphysics within Physics by Department of Philosophy Tim Maudlin
Author: Department of Philosophy Tim Maudlin
Page Count: 208 pages
Published Date: 18 Jan 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780199575374
File size: 42 Mb
File Name: The.Metaphysics.within.Physics.pdf
Download Link: The Metaphysics within Physics
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What fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory? Physics straightforwardly postulates quarks and electrons, but what of the more intangible elements, such as laws of nature, universals, causation and the direction of time? Do they have a place in the physical structure of the world? Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from those most commonly defended by philosophers. Physics postulates irreducible fundamental laws, eschews universals, does not require a fundamental notion of causation, and makes room for the passage of time. In a series of linked essays The Metaphysics Within Physics outlines an approach to metaphysics opposed to the Humean reductionism that motivates much analytical metaphysics.
Read online The Metaphysics within Physics Buy The Metaphysics within Physics Download The Metaphysics within Physics for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Metaphysics within Physics ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent