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Scientific Metaphysics collects original essays by some of the world's leading philosophers of science on the question of whether metaphysics can and should be naturalized--that is, conducted as a part of natural science. Some people will think that the idea of naturalized metaphysics is a cont...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015. ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Scientific Metaphysics collects original essays by some of the world's leading philosophers of science on the question of whether metaphysics can and should be naturalized--that is, conducted as a part of natural science. Some people will think that the idea of naturalized metaphysics is a contradiction in terms, on the grounds that metaphysics is by definition about matters that transcend the domain of empirical inquiry. Most of the authors here disagree, and hold that if metaphysics is to hold out any prospect of identifying objective truths, it must be continuous with and inspired by scie |
| Carrier Form: | x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198744108 0198744102 |
| Index Number: | BD111 |
| CLC: | B081.1 |
| Call Number: | B081.1/S416 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: pursuing a naturalist metaphysics / Harold Kincaid -- 2. On the prospects of naturalized metaphysics / Anjan Chakravartty -- 3. Scientific ontology and speculative ontology / Paul Humphreys -- 4. Can metaphysics be naturalized?: and if so, how? / Andrew Melnyk -- 5. Kinds of things: towards a bestiary of the manifest image / Daniel C. Dennett -- 6. The world in the data / James Ladyman and Don Ross -- 7. What can contemporary philosophy learn from our 'scientific philosophy' heritage? / Mark Wilson -- 8. Neo-Kantianism, scientific realism, and modern physics / Michael Friedm |