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The Metaphysical Foundations of the Principle of Indifference

Published:2024-03-08 Issue:1 Volume:25 Page:175-191
ISSN:1437-2053
Container-title:Metaphysica
language:en
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Author:

Eisner Binyamin¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Philosophy , 26731 Bar-Ilan University , Max ve-Anna Webb , Ramat Gan 5290002 , Israel

Abstract

Abstract The arguments in favor of the Principle of Indifference fail to explain its fruitfulness in science. Using the recent metaphysical concept of Grounding, I devise an explanation that can justify a weak version of the principle and discuss an instance of its application in Quantum mechanics.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mp-2023-0041/pdf

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