Do the Causal Principles of Modern Physics Contradict Causal Anti-Fundamentalism?

Norton, John D (2006) Do the Causal Principles of Modern Physics Contradict Causal Anti-Fundamentalism? (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In Norton(2003), it was urged that the world does not conform at a fundamental level to some robust principle of causality. To defend this view, I now argue that the causal notions and principles of modern physics do not express some universal causal principle, brought to light by discoveries in physics. Rather they merely assert that, according to relativity theory, spacetime has an invariant velocity, that of light; and that theories of matter admit no propagations faster than light. To appear in Causality: Historical and Contemporary. (provisional title) eds. P. K. Machamer and G. Wolters, University of Pittsburgh Press.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Unpublished
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Norton, John D jdnorton@pitt.edu JDNORTON
Date:	2006
Date Type:	Publication
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > History and Philosophy of Science
Refereed:	No
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cause, causation, causality, anti-fundamentalism, physics, light, cone
Date Deposited:	21 May 2009 20:53
Last Modified:	31 Jul 2020 18:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2675

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