How Long to Read A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World

How Long Does it Take to Read A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World by Michael Esfeld

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book seeks to work out which commitments are minimally sufficient to obtain an ontology of the natural world that matches all of today’s well-established physical theories. We propose an ontology of the natural world that is defined only by two axioms: (1) There are distance relations that individuate simple objects, namely matter points. (2) The matter points are permanent, with the distances between them changing. Everything else comes in as a means to represent the change in the distance relations in a manner that is both as simple and as informative as possible. The book works this minimalist ontology out in philosophical as well as mathematical terms and shows how one can understand classical mechanics, quantum field theory and relativistic physics on the basis of this ontology. Along the way, we seek to achieve four subsidiary aims: (a) to make a case for a holistic individuation of the basic objects (ontic structural realism); (b) to work out a new version of Humeanism, dubbed Super-Humeanism, that does without natural properties; (c) to set out an ontology of quantum physics that is an alternative to quantum state realism and that avoids any ontological dualism of particles and fields; (d) to vindicate a relationalist ontology based on point objects also in the domain of relativistic physics.

How long is A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World?

A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World by Michael Esfeld is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World aloud.

What Reading Level is A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World?

A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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