{"product_id":"the-metaphysics-within-physics-tim-maudlin-9780199218219","title":"The Metaphysics Within Physics","description":"What fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory? Physics straightforwardly postulates quarks and electrons, but what of the more intangible elements, such as laws of nature, universals, causation and the direction of time? Do they have a place in the physical structure of the world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from those most commonly defended by philosophers. Physics postulates irreducible fundamental laws, eschews universals, does not require a fundamental notion of causation, and makes room for the passage of time. In a series of linked essays \u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysics Within Physics\u003c\/em\u003e outlines an approach to metaphysics opposed to the Humean reductionism that motivates much analytical metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Maudlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199218218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199218219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.62w x 0.66d","brand":"Tim Maudlin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056647991551,"sku":"9780199218219","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6189b7a7-c3e2-4a1f-b9fc-6cd862ae9cbe.jpg?v=1685042486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-metaphysics-within-physics-tim-maudlin-9780199218219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}