A true theory of everything is by definition never wrong. In which case there’s no observable difference between Humeanism and non-Humeanism, and it makes no sense to talk about the theory “determining” events or merely “describing” them.
Define: theory of everything: maximally compressed, true and complete description of the physical evolution of the universe over time.
This was a point of some confusion to me. But “The laws of nature” to me means the fundamental laws of the universe, not the models we come up with. I dismissed my confusion as “oh, this must be another obnoxious thing that mainstream philosophy thinks.”
I assumed the question was referring to the fundamental laws of the universe, which would be a theory of everything.
A true theory of everything is by definition never wrong. In which case there’s no observable difference between Humeanism and non-Humeanism, and it makes no sense to talk about the theory “determining” events or merely “describing” them.
Define: theory of everything: maximally compressed, true and complete description of the physical evolution of the universe over time.
This was a point of some confusion to me. But “The laws of nature” to me means the fundamental laws of the universe, not the models we come up with. I dismissed my confusion as “oh, this must be another obnoxious thing that mainstream philosophy thinks.”
And “determine” too.