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Do the laws of the universe exist under materialism?

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    Originally posted by JimL View Post
    Although elementary particles are naught but ripples in a field, which would make the field more fundemental. So what is a field?
    Quantum mechanics bases its theorems on the probabilities of the wave functions of particles. This is the nearest at this stage of our scientific understanding, to arriving at anything “more fundamental”.

    But I was actually addressing Quantum Weirdness, who seemed to be arguing for the superseded Aristotelian notion of a difference between the ‘substance’ (i.e. the essential) and 'accidental' properties of things.
    “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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