The Metaphysics Within Physics

Maudlin, Tim

ISBN 10: 0199575371 / ISBN 13: 9780199575374

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010

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Condition of Softcover Book: As New There is neat pencil underlining on some pages. This can be erased but I have left it as the new reader may find this interested. 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. 197pp.

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• Titolo: The Metaphysics Within Physics
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199575371
• ISBN 13: 9780199575374
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket
• Peso: 375 grammi
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
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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.

Informazioni sull?autore

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