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Determinism as a Thesis about the State of the World from Moment to Moment
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AbstractDeterminism, as the thesis that given the state of the world at a moment there is only one way it can be at the next moment, is problematic. After explaining why the thesis is defined as it is, the paper goes on to raise questions about the terms in which it is defined. Is the ‘world’ to be understood as constituted by whatever figures in our talk or thought, or to what is reconstituted by an ontology seemingly derived from the sciences? Either way of understanding it is shown to be inadequate.
Title: Determinism as a Thesis about the State of the World from Moment to Moment
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AbstractDeterminism, as the thesis that given the state of the world at a moment there is only one way it can be at the next moment, is problematic.
After explaining why the thesis is defined as it is, the paper goes on to raise questions about the terms in which it is defined.
Is the ‘world’ to be understood as constituted by whatever figures in our talk or thought, or to what is reconstituted by an ontology seemingly derived from the sciences? Either way of understanding it is shown to be inadequate.
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