论文标题
基本的批号模糊性
Fundamental Nomic Vagueness
论文作者
论文摘要
如果有自然的基本定律，它们是否确切地可以吗？在本文中，我认为某些基本法律含糊不清的可能性。我称这一现象为“基本的假含糊不清”。我将基本的主题模糊性描述为边界合法世界的存在以及其他伴随的特征的存在。在某些假设下，这种模糊性阻止了基本的物理理论在数学语言中完全表达。此外，我建议这样的模糊性可以被视为“世界上的模糊性”。对于案例研究，我们转向过去的假设，一个假设（部分）解释了我们世界的时间方向。我们有理由认真对待它作为自然的候选基本定律。然而，这很含糊：它承认（术法上）可能的世界。确切的版本将导致任何其他基本法律中都没有不可追踪的任意性。然而，基本的含义模糊性和不可追踪的任意性之间的困境消失在新的量子箭头理论中。
If there are fundamental laws of nature, can they fail to be exact? In this paper, I consider the possibility that some fundamental laws are vague. I call this phenomenon 'fundamental nomic vagueness.' I characterize fundamental nomic vagueness as the existence of borderline lawful worlds and the presence of several other accompanying features. Under certain assumptions, such vagueness prevents the fundamental physical theory from being completely expressible in the mathematical language. Moreover, I suggest that such vagueness can be regarded as 'vagueness in the world.' For a case study, we turn to the Past Hypothesis, a postulate that (partially) explains the direction of time in our world. We have reasons to take it seriously as a candidate fundamental law of nature. Yet it is vague: it admits borderline (nomologically) possible worlds. An exact version would lead to an untraceable arbitrariness absent in any other fundamental laws. However, the dilemma between fundamental nomic vagueness and untraceable arbitrariness is dissolved in a new quantum theory of time's arrow.
