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Super-Humeanism and physics: A merry relationship?
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SYSNO ASEP 0549212 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV J - Článek v odborném periodiku Poddruh J Článek ve WOS Název Super-Humeanism and physics: A merry relationship? Tvůrce(i) Matarese, Vera (FLU-F) ORCID Zdroj.dok. Synthese. - : Springer - ISSN 0039-7857
Roč. 199, 1/2 (2021), s. 791-813Poč.str. 23 s. Forma vydání Tištěná - P Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. NL - Nizozemsko Klíč. slova Humeanism ; Super-Humeanism ; Scientific Realism ; Empirical evidence ; Naturalistic metaphysics Vědní obor RIV AA - Filosofie a náboženství Obor OECD Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology Způsob publikování Omezený přístup Institucionální podpora FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 000537329200002 EID SCOPUS 85085979797 DOI 10.1007/s11229-020-02717-w Anotace Humeanism started life as a metaphysical program that could turn out to be false if our best physical theories were to postulate ontological features at odds with Humean ones. However, even if this has arguably already happened, Humeanism is still considered one of the strongest and most appealing metaphysical theories for describing the physical world. What is even more surprising is that a radical Humean thesis-Super-Humeanism-which posits an extremely parsimonious ontology including nothing more than propertyless matter points and their distance relations, is said by its proponents to follow from an attentive reading of our best physical theories. Given its close relationship with physics, Super-Humeans argue that their doctrine (i) conforms to Scientific Realism, (ii) offers the ontology that best explains physics’ empirical evidence, and (iii) is a naturalistic theory. This paper investigates the strategies that Super-Humeans have adopted to defend these three claims and, more generally, its alleged closeness to physics. I will show that, contrary to what advocates of Super-Humeanism claim, some of its commitments have inevitably created a gap between itself and physics that is difficult to overcome. While it is laudable that Super-Humeans have adopted various strategies to close this gap, no strategy has yet fully succeeded. Pracoviště Filosofický ústav Kontakt Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Rok sběru 2022 Elektronická adresa https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02717-w
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