Lexicon of Arguments

 Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
[german]


Complaints - Corrections

Table
Concepts
Versus
Sc. Camps
Theses I
Theses II

Concept/Author*  

What is wrong?
Page
Other metadata
Translation
Excerpt or content
Other

Correction: Year / Place / Page
/ /

Correction:
(max 500 charact.)

Your username*
or User-ID

Email address*

The complaint
will not be published.

 
Lewis V 37
Definiton determinism/Possible worlds/Lewis: if two worlds obey the laws perfectly, then they are either exactly the same all the time or in no two time sections equal.
>Possible worlds, >Cross world identity.
For the sake of the argument, let us assume that the laws of nature are deterministic.
>Natural laws, >Natural laws/D. Lewis.
My definition of determinism stems from Montague, but diverges from it in two points:
LewisVsMontague:
1. I avoid his mathematical construction of ersatzworlds (substitute worlds ((s) = sets of sentences)).
>ersatz worlds.
2. I take temporal equality of worlds as a simple relation. Montague instead takes the relation, to have the same complete description in a particular language as a basic relation, which he leaves unspecified.
>Description.
My definition presupposes that we can identify different time segments from one world to another.
For problems: cf. >Similarity metrics.
For D. Lewis cf. >Counterparts, >Counterpart relation, >Counterpart theory.

Found an error? Use our Complaint Form. Perhaps someone forgot to close a bracket? A page number is wrong?
Help us to improve our lexicon.
However, if you are of a different opinion, as regards the validity of the argument, post your own argument beside the contested one.
The correction will be sent to the contributor of the original entry to get his opinion about.