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The vessels and the glue: Space, time, and causation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2005

Andrei Rodin
Andrei Rodin*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure, 75230Paris Cedex 05, France
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rodin@ens.fr
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Abstract:

In addition to the “universal glue,” which is the local mechanical causation, the standard explanatory scheme of classical science presumes two “universal vessels,” which are global space and time. I call this outdated metaphysical setting “black-and-white” because it allows for only two principal scales. A prospective metaphysics able to bind existing sciences together needs to be “colored,” that is, allow for scale relativity and diversification by domain.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 633 - 634
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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