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Summary: From 2002 to 2012, Kentucky winter wheat ranged in value from $52 million to $209 million. Climate change and variability have the potential to significantly impact this important economic enterprise within our state. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge of the potential of climate change to impact wheat production in Kentucky and surrounding states.

I present a defense of David Lewis's metaphysical theory of Humean Supervenience. I provide novel motivations for his theory, and look to current physical science research for support of the metaphysical theory. I draw heavily on analogies between Humean Supervenience and classical discussions of the nature of space-time. I also defend Humean Supervenience against four major philosophical objections using considerations from physics and metaphysics.