The Metaphysics Within Physics (Paperback)

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199575374
ISBN-10:	0199575371
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Maudlin, Tim
Hersteller:	OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Tim Maudlin
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.11.2009
Gewicht:	0,327 kg