03442nam 22005173 450 991102082540332120250817090354.01-003-51440-51-04-042983-1(MiAaPQ)EBC32077163(Au-PeEL)EBL32077163(CKB)40332826700041(OCoLC)1535403435(NjHacI)9940332826700041(EXLCZ)994033282670004120250817d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInductive Metaphysics Insights, Challenges, and Prospects1st ed.Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,2025.©2025.1 online resource (371 pages)Routledge Studies in Metaphysics Series1-04-042985-8 1-03-284674-7 Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Introduction to the Contributions -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Inductive Metaphysics in the History of Philosophy and Contemporary Philosophy -- 1 Inductive Metaphysics - Reconstruction and Defence -- 2 Inductive Metaphysics in Contemporary Philosophy: Insights, Challenges, and Prospects -- 3 Inductive Metaphysics in the Context of Two Movements: Critical Realism and Logical Empiricism -- 4 Inductive Reasoning in Kant's Metaphysics of Nature -- Part 2 Inductive Metaphysics and the Method of Abduction -- 5 The Indefeasibility of Abduction -- 6 Logical Abductivism: Challenges and Prospects -- 7 Abduction in Philosophy of Mind -- Part 3 Ground, Explanation, and Data in the Context of Inductive Metaphysics -- 8 Inductive Metaphysics: Lessons for the Notion of Ground -- 9 Skepticism about Metaphysical Explanation -- 10 Data, Curve-Fitting, and Model-Building in the Metaphysics of Laws and Causation -- Part 4 Inductive Metaphysics and the Formation of Concepts -- 11 Naturalness and Concept Learning: Recent Progress and Prospects -- 12 Conceptual Re-Engineering for Inductive Metaphysicians -- Part 5 Inductive Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Physics -- 13 Simplicity as a Guide to Scientific Metaphysics: Insights from Physics -- 14 On Solving the Problem of the Direction of Time -- Part 6 Inductive Metaphysics in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences -- 15 Causal Bases of Potentialities in the Life Sciences: Extrinsicality, Multi-Levelness, and Processuality -- 16 Metaphysics of Evolution and the Propensity Concept of Fitness -- Author Index -- Subject Index.Inductive Metaphysics justifies metaphysical principles by inductive or abductive inferences from empirical evidence, rather than by purely logico-conceptual considerations. This is the first volume to provide a representative picture of current research and debates in this branch of metaphysics.Routledge Studies in Metaphysics SeriesInduction (Logic)Induction (Logic)HistoryInduction (Logic)Induction (Logic)History.110Hüttemann Andreas1712436Schurz Gerhard1956-60880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911020825403321Inductive Metaphysics4428045UNINA