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Jenann Ismael: The link between time, totality, and determinism (or why the problem of determinism is really the problem of fatalism)
Jenann Ismael: The link between time, totality, and determinism (or why the problem of determinism is really the problem of fatalism)
ABSTRACT The problem of fatalism was around long before relativity, but gained affirmation in many peoples minds from Relativity. Relativistic theories confront us with a vision of the universe from a temporally transcendent standpoint, i.e., one that treats time as an internal parameter in the universe composed of events. The problem of determinism also had […]
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Stathis Psillos: From natures to laws of nature
Stathis Psillos: From natures to laws of nature
ABSTRACT The key claim of this talk will be that the conception of nature as being governed by natural laws is thoroughly modern. It arose mostly in the natural philosophy of Rene Descartes and was meant to replace natural powers as principles of change and of connection among distinct existences. This new conception of laws […]