Maudlin, Tim
The Metaphysics Within Physics
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199575374
- author:
- Maudlin, Tim
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 23 x 15.8 x 1.4 cm
- Genre:
- Philosophy of science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Metaphysics Within Physics by Tim Maudlin A fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory. Quarks and electrons are postulated, but what of laws of nature, universals, causation, and the direction of time? Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from those commonly defended by philosophers. Physics posits irreducible fundamental laws, eschews universals, does not require a notion of causation, and makes room for the passage of time. In this book, Maudlin outlines an approach to metaphysics opposed to Humean reductionism, which motivates much analytical metaphysics.
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