Metaphysics And Science
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Author | : Don Ross |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199696497 |
Download Scientific Metaphysics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Original essays by leading philosophers of science explore the question of whether metaphysics can and should be naturalised - conducted as part of natural science. They engage with a range of approaches and disciplines to argue that if metaphysics is to be capable of identifying objective truths, it must be continuous with and inspired by science.
Author | : Theodore Sider |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Metaphysics |
ISBN | : 019881156X |
Download The Tools of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Metaphysics has shifted ground, moving away from necessity and possibility as the lens through which we look at things. Ted Sider shapes the agenda for the subject by exploring how this shift transforms the project of understanding the objects, properties, and quantities of the universe, and the relations between them, in terms of structures.
Author | : Stephen Mumford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2013-06-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199674523 |
Download Metaphysics and Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This collection brings together the latest new work within an emerging philosophical discipline: the metaphysics of science. A new definition of this line of philosophical enquiry is developed, and leading academics offer original essays on four key topics at the heart of the subject—laws, causation, natural kinds, and emergence.
Author | : Roger Trigg |
Publisher | : Templeton Foundation Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2015-11-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1599474964 |
Download Beyond Matter Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Does science have all the answers? Can it even deal with abstract reasoning beyond the world we experience? How can we ensure that the physical world is sufficiently ordered to be intelligible to humans? How can mathematics, a product of human minds, unlock the secrets of the physical universe? Should all such questions be considered inadmissible if science cannot settle them? Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoning beyond the reach of science, sometimes even claiming realities beyond its grasp. Because of this, metaphysics is often contemptuously dismissed by scientists and philosophers who wish to remain within the bounds of what can be scientifically proven. Yet scientists at the frontiers of physics unwittingly engage in metaphysics, as they are now happy to contemplate whole universes that are, in principle, beyond human reach. Roger Trigg challenges those who deny that science needs philosophical assumptions. Trigg claims that the foundations of science themselves have to lie beyond science. It takes reasoning apart from experience to discover what is not yet known and this metaphysical reasoning to imagine realities beyond what can be accessed. “In Beyond Matter, Roger Trigg advances a powerful, persuasive, fair-minded argument that the sciences require a philosophical, metaphysical foundation. This is a brilliant book for newcomers to the philosophy of science and experts alike.” —Charles Taliaferro, professor of philosophy, St. Olaf College
Author | : Matthew Slater |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199363226 |
Download Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The question of the proper role of metaphysics in philosophy of science is both significant and contentious. The last few decades have seen considerable engagement with philosophical projects aptly described as "the metaphysics of science:" inquiries into natural laws and properties, natural kinds, causal relations, and dispositions. At the same time, many metaphysicians have begun moving in the direction of more scientifically-informed ("scientistic" or "naturalistic") metaphysics. And yet many philosophers of science retain a deep suspicion about the significance of metaphysical investigations into science. This volume of new essays explores a broadly methodological question: what role should metaphysics play in our philosophizing about science? These new essays, written by leading philosophers of science, address this question both through ground-level investigations of particular issues in the metaphysics of science and by more general methodological inquiry.
Author | : Markus Schrenk |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2016-08-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317273052 |
Download Metaphysics of Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided by science. However, metaphysics and science attempt to answer many of the same, fundamental questions: What are laws of nature? What is causation? What are natural kinds? In this book, Markus Schrenk examines and explains the central questions and problems in the metaphysics of science. He reviews the development of the field from the early modern period through to the latest research, systematically assessing key topics including: dispositions counterfactual conditionals laws of nature causation properties natural kinds essence necessity. With the addition of chapter summaries and annotated further reading, Metaphysics of Science is a much-needed, clear and informative survey of this exciting area of philosophical research. It is essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Author | : Anthony J. Fisichella |
Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide Limited |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780875422299 |
Download Metaphysics, Science of Life Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Travis Dumsday |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108480136 |
Download Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Establishes new connections between dispositionalism and a variety of debates in contemporary analytic metaphysics and philosophy of science.
Author | : Marc Lange |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2009-07-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019974503X |
Download Laws and Lawmakers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the "lawmakers": the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet contingent? Lange provocatively argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, which is grounded in primitive subjunctive facts, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field.
Author | : Alvin I. Goldman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-03-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190639695 |
Download Metaphysics and Cognitive Science Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume illustrates how the methodology of metaphysics can be enriched with the help of cognitive science. Few philosophers nowadays would dispute the relevance of cognitive science to the metaphysics of mind, but this volume mainly concerns the relevance of metaphysics to phenomena that are not themselves mental. The volume is thus a departure from standard analytical metaphysics. Among the issues to which results from cognitive science are brought to bear are the metaphysics of time, of morality, of meaning, of modality, of objects, and of natural kinds, as well as whether God exists. A number of chapters address the enterprise of metaphysics in general. In traditional analytical metaphysics, intuitions play a prominent role in the construction of, and assessment of theories. Cognitive science can be brought to bear on the issue of the reliability of intuitions. Some chapters point out how results from cognitive science can be deployed to debunk certain intuitions, and some point out how results can be deployed to help vindicate certain intuitions. Many metaphysicians have taken to heart the moral that physics should be taken into account in addressing certain metaphysical issues. The overarching point of the volume is that in many instances beyond the nature of the mind itself, cognitive science should also be consulted.