Single Idea 23706

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws]

Full Idea

Hume's Dictum says there are no necessary connections between existences, …and also between the distinct properties that individuals instantiate. …It follows that an object's property of mass and its disposition to warp space-time could come apart.

Gist of Idea

Hume's Dictum says no connections are necessary - so mass and spacetime warping could separate

Source

Friend/Kimpton-Nye (Dispositions and Powers [2023], 3.2)

Book Reference

Friend/Kimpton-Nye: 'Dispositions and Powers' [CUP 2023], p.45


A Reaction

[compressed] This nicely pinpoints the heart of the Humean view, to which scientific essentialists and fans of powers in nature object. The objectors include me.