Sökning: "Priority monism"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Priority monism.

1. 1. Conjunction monism : Humean scientific explanation explained

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Författare :Love Magnusson; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Laws of nature; Humeanism; Scientific explanation; Monism; Priority monism; Grounding;

   Sammanfattning : Humeans say that laws depend on their instances. Another way of saying this is that the instances explain the laws. However, laws are often used in science to help explain these same instances. If this is true it appears as though the instances help explain themselves, which would be a serious problem for the Humeans (Miller, 2015, pp. LÄS MER

3. 2. On the possibility of property composition: A metaphysical investigation of submergent properties in top-down and bottom-up approaches to quantum mechanics

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Författare :Nova Ahlinder; [2022-01-25]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : In Schaffer’s Monism: priority of the whole (2010) an argument from quantum entanglement in favour of priority monism is put forward. The argument is based on quantum entanglement being a case of emergence and can loosely be described in terms of failure of property decomposition and success of property composition. LÄS MER