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The physics and metaphysics of primitive stuff
Michael Esfeld, Dustin Lazarovici, Vincent Lam +1
The paper sets out a primitive ontology of the natural world in terms of primitive stuff, that is, stuff that has as such no physical properties at all, but that is not a bare subs…
The metaphysics of laws: dispositionalism vs. primitivism
Mauro Dorato, Michael Esfeld
The paper compares dispositionalism about laws of nature with primitivism. It argues that while the distinction between these two positions can be drawn in a clear-cut manner in cl…
The ontology of Bohmian mechanics
Michael Esfeld, Dustin Lazarovici, Mario Hubert +1
The paper points out that the modern formulation of Bohm's quantum theory known as Bohmian mechanics is committed only to particles' positions and a law of motion. We explain how t…
Quantum Humeanism,or: physicalism without properties
Michael Esfeld
In recent literature, it has become clear that quantum physics does not refute Humeanism. This point has so far been made with respect to Bohms quantum theory. Against this backgro…