Constructor Theoretic Terms Explained

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All of the laws of physics can be expressed in terms of transformations that are possible and transformations that are impossible, and why. Constructor theory is all about what can be caused to happen in principle. And so what actually happens is actually an emergent consequence of what can possibly happen. In Einstein's famous theory of special relativity, no object with mass can travel faster than the speed of light.

We motivate and introduce Constructor Theory, humanity's first Theory of Everything (or so I claim). We explain what the founder of Constructor Theory, David Deutsch, calls the prevailing conception, and why it is inadequate in capturing and explaining many phenomena in nature, such as evolution by natural selection, the growth of knowledge, and various principles that we hold to be true. We briefly discuss why Constructor Theory allows for a wider range of phenomena than does the prevailing conception.

Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439.pdf

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