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  • 标题:Asymmetry of counterfactual dependence and defense of Lewis's argument
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  • 作者:Filipović, Nenad
  • 期刊名称:Theoria, Beograd
  • 印刷版ISSN:0351-2274
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:58
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:21-42
  • DOI:10.2298/THEO1504021F
  • 出版社:Srpsko filozofsko društvo
  • 摘要:Arrow of time is well known problem in physics and concerns explanation of the status of the second law of thermodynamics. The problem, however, soon made noise in various philosophical discussions: on knowledge, causality, etc. David Lewis, partially motivated by his counterfactual analysis of causality, introduced the problem of arrow of time in discussion on counterfactuals. After his article in which he had tried to ground asymmetry of counterfactuals in the second law of thermodynamics, there were numerous reactions on such kind of project. In the first part, I will introduce Lewis' theory in detail, and in the second part I will introduce some of the main critiques of such a view, focusing on Elga's critique. The third part will be saved for Loewer's and Albert's argument in favor of a very broad view of Lewis' project. In the part four, I will present strengthening of their argument, while explaining how we could apply it closer to Lewis' original view. Finally, I will make some concluding remarks regarding possible confusion on argument for supporting Lewis, as well as the additional requirements for any future work in that direction. Also, because of the nature of the mentioned arguments, in the appendix I will, very briefly, present an overview of the arrow of time problem from the perspective of physics.
  • 关键词:arrow of time; David Lewis; counterfactuals; the second law of thermodynamics; asymmetry
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