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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484903703321

Autore

Steinvorth Ulrich

Titolo

A plea for naturalistic metaphysics : why analytic metaphysics is not enough / / Ulrich Steinvorth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-72603-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 97 pages)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

146.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Metaphysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Why Naturalistic Metaphysics Is Needed -- The Specter of Metaphysics -- Analytic Philosophy's Manifesto -- The Virtues Required of Metaphysics -- Metaphysical Questions and History -- Responses to Modern Science -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Ontology of Escalation -- Self-Regulation in Animals -- Self-Determination -- To Be Is to Be Self-Regulated -- Consciousness and Abilities -- Self-Determination and Dual Process Theory -- How to Find What Suits Me -- The Moral and the Metaphysical -- Teleology -- Being, Value, and the Demiurge -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Practical Conclusions -- Rethinking Liberalism -- Privacy and Education -- Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index.