Special theory of regularity

TL;DR

This paper introduces a restricted version of the regularity theory of laws of nature, focusing on observable universe scales and applying it to multiverse scenarios, supporting only specific types of multiverses.

Contribution

It proposes a special theory of regularity with limited scope, addressing the multiverse and contrasting it with the traditional, more expansive regularity theories.

Findings

Supports only two multiverse types based on law and event sequence.

Limits laws of nature to observable universe scales.

Connects regularity theory to multiverse models.

Abstract

The theory of regularity is a philosophical perspective in which laws of nature are just descriptions, that is to say, laws of nature do not govern the world. Moreover, according to the theory of regularity, the number of laws of nature might be infinite, thus any attempt towards the theory of everything is doomed. Here I propose a special or restricted theory of regularity. The main difference as to the well-known version of that theory is both the range of validity and the scale of the laws of nature. Laws of nature ought to be considered just inside the observable universe and within certain energy and length scales. Even so I apply the theory of regularity to the multiverse scenario. As a consequence, the special theory of regularity supports only two types of multiverses by comparison with our world: those ones with a different sequence of unique events and different laws of nature and those ones with the same sequence of unique events and the same laws of nature instanced by the unique events. The latter case is some sort of eternal recurrence or a parallel eternal recurrence.