Gao, Shan (2024) Do the Laws of Nature Have Necessity? If Yes, Where Does It Come From? [Preprint]
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In this paper, I present a new analysis of the origin of laws of nature. It is argued that the quantum mechanical equations of motion for free particles in Minkowski spacetime such as the Klein-Gordon equation and its nonrelativistic limit (i.e. the free Schr\"{o}dinger equation) are determined by the properties of such spacetime. This result strongly supports necessitarianism and may also help us understand where the physical necessity of the laws of nature comes from.
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| Keywords: | laws of nature; necessitarianism; Minkowski spacetime; quantum mechanics; Klein-Gordon equation; Humeanism; primitivism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Shan Gao | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2024 15:40 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2024 15:40 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23742 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | 1 August 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23742 |
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