Friebe, Cord (2018) Metaphysics of laws and ontology of time. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 33 (1). pp. 77-89. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
At first glance, every metaphysics of laws (Humeanism, primitivism, Power metaphysics) can be combined with every ontology of time (eternalism, growing block, presentism). In contrast, the paper intends to show that Humeanism requires eternalism and that Power metaphysics must presuppose an existentially dynamical view of temporal existence, i.e. growing block or presentism. The presented arguments turn out to be completely independent of whether the laws of nature are deterministic or probabilistic: the world is non-productive and static or productively dynamical, the future be ‘open’ or not.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Humeanism; Dispositionalism; Eternalism; Presentism; Growing Block; Indeterminism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism General Issues > Laws of Nature |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2018 21:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2018 21:25 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14467 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.17178 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism General Issues > Laws of Nature |
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| Date: | January 2018 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 77-89 | ||||||
| Volume: | 33 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14467 |
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