The paper compares dispositionalism about laws of nature with primitivism. It argues that while the distinction between these two positions can be drawn in a clear-cut manner in classical mechanics, it is less clear in quantum mechanics, due to quantum non-locality. Nonetheless, the paper points out advantages for dispositionalism in comparison to primitivism also in the area of quantum mechanics, and of contemporary physics in general

Dorato, M., Esfeld, M. (2015). “Primitivism and Dispositionalism about Laws. In Bygai T. Wütrich C. (a cura di), 19. with Esfeld M. ”, in Bygai T. Wüthrich C. (eds), Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics, (Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, vol. 103), Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi, 2015, (pp. 333-354). Amsterdam : Poznan studies in the philosophy of the science an.

“Primitivism and Dispositionalism about Laws

DORATO, Mauro;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The paper compares dispositionalism about laws of nature with primitivism. It argues that while the distinction between these two positions can be drawn in a clear-cut manner in classical mechanics, it is less clear in quantum mechanics, due to quantum non-locality. Nonetheless, the paper points out advantages for dispositionalism in comparison to primitivism also in the area of quantum mechanics, and of contemporary physics in general
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Dorato, M., Esfeld, M. (2015). “Primitivism and Dispositionalism about Laws. In Bygai T. Wütrich C. (a cura di), 19. with Esfeld M. ”, in Bygai T. Wüthrich C. (eds), Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics, (Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, vol. 103), Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi, 2015, (pp. 333-354). Amsterdam : Poznan studies in the philosophy of the science an.
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