The determinism debate is structurally tied to physics, which has continuously moved toward unification and systematization, insulating it from anti-fundamentalist metaphysical fashions.
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(Discussion of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and general relativity)
A property of physical theories concerning whether the laws governing a system fully fix future (and past) states given present conditions; admits of degrees ('fall only a bit short')
metaphysics(Hartshorne's naturalistic redefinition of metaphysics)
On Hartshorne's view, the study not of realities beyond the physical, but of features of reality that are ubiquitous or that would exist in any possible world.
physics(Aristotle contrasts physics with mathematics and first philosophy)
natural science, the branch of theoretical science devoted to investigating beings capable of undergoing change