The Metaphysics Within Physics
Seiten
2007
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-921821-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-921821-9 (ISBN)
What does physics tell us about metaphysics? Tim Maudlin's philosophical examination of the fundamental structure of the world as presented by physics challenges the most widely accepted philosophical accounts of laws of nature, universals, the direction of time and causation.
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.
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.
Introduction ; 1. A Modest Proposal Concerning Laws, Counterfacutals, and Explanations ; 2. Why Be Humean ; 3. Suggestions Form Physics For Deep Metaphysics ; 4. On the Passing of Time ; 5. Causation, Counterfactuals, and the Third Factor ; 6. The Whole Ball of Wax ; Epilogue: A Remark on the Method of Metaphysics
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.4.2007 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 b/w figures |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 465 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-921821-8 / 0199218218 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-921821-9 / 9780199218219 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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