Realism regained [[electronic resource] ] : an exact theory of causation, teleology, and the mind / / Robert C. Koons

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784894503321
• Autore: Koons Robert C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-19-773145-7; 1-280-83436-6; 0-19-535053-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 122
• Soggetti: Causation; Metaphysics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-339) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction; I: A Theory of Causation and Information; II: Applications to Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this wide-ranging philosophical work, Koons takes on two powerful dogmas--anti-realism and materialism. In doing so, Koons develops an elegant metaphysical system that accounts for such phenomena as information, mental representation, our knowledge of logic, mathematics and science, the structure of spacetime, the identity of physical objects, and the objectivity of values and moral norms.