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1	The Viability of David Lewis's Theory of Humean Supervenience Kerchner, Breanna January 2011 (has links) <p>I present a defense of David Lewis's metaphysical theory of Humean Supervenience. I provide novel motivations for his theory, and look to current physical science research for support of the metaphysical theory. I draw heavily on analogies between Humean Supervenience and classical discussions of the nature of space-time. I also defend Humean Supervenience against four major philosophical objections using considerations from physics and metaphysics.</p> / Dissertation Philosophy David Lewis Humean Supervenience
2	No Metaphysics within Physics? Miller, Elizabeth Louise January 2014 (has links) This dissertation has three parts. In "Quantum Entanglement, Bohmian Mechanics, and Humean Supervenience," I defend David Lewis's metaphysical doctrine of Humean supervenience, and traditional metaphysical reductionism more generally, against an alleged holistic threat encapsulated in the non-separability argument from quantum entanglement. I argue that, contrary to popular belief, realism about quantum mechanics is compatible with Humean reductionism. / Philosophy Philosophy Metaphysics Philosophy of science Holism Humeanism Humean supervenience Metaphysical explanation Quantum entanglement