The Metaphysics Within Physics

Tim Maudlin

ISBN 10: 0199575371 / ISBN 13: 9780199575374

Verlag: Oxford University Press, GB, 2009

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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780199575374

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Metaphysics Within Physics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0199575371
• ISBN-13: 9780199575374
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: Illustrated.
• Zustand: New
• Abmessungen: 9,21B x 6,14 H x 0,44 T Zoll Breite: 9,21 Zoll, Höhe: 6,14 Zoll, Tiefe: 0,44 Zoll
• Gewicht: 331 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

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 die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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