Ben-Yami, Hanoch The Structure of Space and Time, and Physical Indeterminacy. UNSPECIFIED.

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I introduce a sequence which I call indefinite: a sequence every element of which has a successor but whose number of elements is bounded; this is no contradiction. I then consider the possibility of space and time being indefinitely divisible. This is theoretically possible and agrees with experience. If this is space and time’s structure, then even if the laws of nature are deterministic, the behaviour of physical systems will be probabilistic. This approach may also shed light on directionality in time, a source of the Uncertainty Principle, and the reality of chaos.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Ben-Yami, Hanoch benyamih@ceu.edu 0000-0002-4903-854X
Keywords:	Indefinite Sequences; Vagueness; Spacetime Structure; Uncertainty Principle; Indeterminacy; Arrow of Time; Chaos
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Hanoch Ben-Yami
Date Deposited:	05 May 2020 03:41
Last Modified:	05 May 2020 03:41
Item ID:	17142
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17142

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