Baker, David John (2013) Comparativism with Mixed Relations. [Preprint]
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Comparativism--the view that comparative relations like mass ratios are fundamental and intrinsic values of quantities are not--faces a challenge from physics. In its standard form, comparativism predicts indeterminism in physical theories that are ordinarily understood as deterministic. I explore an option for saving comparativism from this objection: the introduction of "mixed" relations that compare values of unlike quantities. Although tenable, this revised version of comparativism lacks some of the theoretical virtues of the standard version.
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| Keywords: | comparativism, absolutism, quantities | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism |
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| Depositing User: | David Baker | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2022 18:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2022 18:08 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20814 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism |
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| Date: | 2013 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20814 |
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