A Basic Theory of Everything von Atle Ottesen Søvik | A Fundamental Theoretical Framework for Science and Philosophy | ISBN 9783110771046

A Basic Theory of Everything

A Fundamental Theoretical Framework for Science and Philosophy

von Atle Ottesen Søvik
Buchcover A Basic Theory of Everything | Atle Ottesen Søvik | EAN 9783110771046 | ISBN 3-11-077104-7 | ISBN 978-3-11-077104-6

A Basic Theory of Everything

A Fundamental Theoretical Framework for Science and Philosophy

von Atle Ottesen Søvik

What are the basic building blocks of the world? This book presents a naturalistic theory saying that the universe and everything in it can be reduced to three fundamental entities: a field, a set of values that can be actualized at different places in the field, and an actualizer of the values. The theory is defended by using it to answer the main questions in metaphysics, such as: What is causality, existence, laws of nature, consciousness, thinking, free will, time, mathematical entities, ethical values, etc.? The theory is compared with the main alternatives and argued to solve problems better than the existing theories. Several new theories are suggested, such as how to understand mental causation, free will and the truth of ethics and mathematics.