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_a9780190884314 _q(hardback) |
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_z9780190884338 _q(epub) |
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_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC |
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_aBelnap, Nuel D., _d1930- _eauthor. |
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_aBranching space-times : _btheory and applications / _cNuel Belnap, Thomas Müller, and Tomasz Placek. |
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_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2020] |
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_axiii, 441 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
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_a"This book develops a rigorous theory of indeterminism as a local and modal concept. Its crucial insight is that our world contains events or processes with alternative, really possible outcomes. The theory aims at clarifying what this assumption involves, and it does it in two ways. First, it provides a mathematically rigorous framework for local and modal indeterminism. Second, we support that theory by spelling out the philosophically relevant consequences of this formulation and by showing its fruitful applications in metaphysics. To this end, we offer a formal analysis of modal correlations and of causation, which is applicable in indeterministic and non-local contexts as well. We also propose a rigorous theory of objective single-case probabilities, intended to represent degrees of possibility. In a third step, we link our theory to current physics, investigating how local and modal indeterminism relates to issues in the foundations of physics, in particular, quantum non-locality and spatio-temporal relativity. The book also ventures into the philosophy of time, showing how the theory's resources can be used to explicate the dynamic concept of the past, present, and future based on local indeterminism"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aDeterminism (Philosophy) _xMathematics. |
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_aEvents (Philosophy) _xMathematical models. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aMathematical physics. | |
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_aSpace and time _xMathematical models. |
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_aChaotic behavior in systems _xMathematical models. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aProbabilities. | |
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_aMüller, Thomas, _d1969- _eauthor. |
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_aPlacek, Tomasz, _d1960- _eauthor. |
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_uhttps://academic.oup.com/book/43508 _yClick here to Access |
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