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Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from those most commonly defended by philosophers.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199575371

ISBN-139780199575374

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Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMetaphysics Within Physics

SubjectGeneral, Metaphysics, Physics / General

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorTim Maudlin

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-102303

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ReviewsReview from previous edition: "This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with realscience, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, even when disagreeing with his conclusions." --Richard Healey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Superb."--Chris Daly, Analysis Reviews "This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with real science, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, even when disagreeing with his conclusions."--Richard Healey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Superb."--Chris Daly, Analysis Reviews"This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with real science, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, even when disagreeing with his conclusions."--Richard Healey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 'Review from previous edition This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with real science, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, evenwhen disagreeing with his conclusions.'Richard Healey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Superb."--Chris Daly,Analysis Reviews "This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with real science, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, even when disagreeing with his conclusions."--Richard Healey,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Table Of ContentIntroduction1. A Modest Proposal Concerning Laws, Counterfacutals, and Explanations2. Why Be Humean3. Suggestions Form Physics For Deep Metaphysics4. On the Passing of Time5. Causation, Counterfactuals, and the Third Factor6. The Whole Ball of WaxEpilogue: A Remark on the Method of Metaphysics

SynopsisWhat does physics tell us about metaphysics? Tim Maudlin's philosophical examination of the fundamental structure of the world as presented by physics challenges the most widely accepted philosophical accounts of laws of nature, universals, the direction of time and causation., 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberQC6.4