Butterfield, Jeremy (2003) David Lewis Meets Hamilton and Jacobi. In: UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)
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Abstract
I commemorate David Lewis by discussing an aspect of modality within analytical mechanics, which is closely related to his work on counterfactuals. This concerns the way Hamilton-Jacobi theory uses ensembles, i.e. sets of possible initial conditions. (A companion paper discusses other aspects of modality in analytical mechanics that are equally related to Lewis' work.)
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| Additional Information: | Dedicated to the memory of David Lewis | ||||||
| Keywords: | modality, analytical mechanics, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, counterfactuals | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Jeremy Butterfield | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2003 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:11 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 1191 | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Conference Date: | 7-10 November 2002 | ||||||
| Conference Location: | Milwaukee, USA | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics | ||||||
| Date: | 2003 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1191 |
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