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Quantum Gravity Relativistic Quantum Information
Entanglement Theory Quantum Correlations
Quantum Simulation
Laws of Physics
arXiv
Authors: Eddy Keming Chen
Year
2023
Paper ID
55102
Status
Preprint
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Despite its apparent complexity, our world seems to be governed by simple laws of physics. This volume provides a philosophical introduction to such laws. I explain how they are connected to some of the central issues in philosophy, such as ontology, possibility, explanation, induction, counterfactuals, time, determinism, and fundamentality. I suggest that laws are fundamental facts that govern the world by constraining its physical possibilities. I examine three hallmarks of laws--simplicity, exactness, and objectivity--and discuss whether and how they may be associated with laws of physics.
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