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The Metaphysics Within Physics

By Tim Maudlin

The Metaphysics Within Physics

By Tim Maudlin

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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.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2007-06-14
Publication Date:
2007-06-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199218218
ISBN13:
9780199218219
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
485 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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