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    We may never have a Final Theory of Everything in our lif... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Metaphysical argument is a legitimate basis for evaluating the prospects of determinism, even absent a Final Theory of Physics

    We may never have a Final Theory of Everything in our lifetime

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    Let us suppose that we shall never have the Final Theory of Everything before us—at least in our lifetime—and that we also remain unclear (on physical/experimental grounds) as to whether that Final Theory will be of a type that can or cannot be deterministic. Is there nothing left that could sway our belief toward or against determinism? There is, of course: metaphysical argument. Metaphysical arguments on this issue are not currently very popular. But philosophical fashions change at least twic

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