LEADER 03435nam 22005173 450 001 9911020825403321 005 20250817090354.0 010 $a1-003-51440-5 010 $a1-04-042983-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32077163 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32077163 035 $a(CKB)40332826700041 035 $a(OCoLC)1535403435 035 $a(NjHacI)9940332826700041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9940332826700041 100 $a20250817d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInductive Metaphysics $eInsights, Challenges, and Prospects 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford :$cTaylor & Francis Group,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (371 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Metaphysics Series 311 08$a1-04-042985-8 311 08$a1-03-284674-7 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aInductive Metaphysics justifies metaphysical principles by inductive or abductive inferences from empirical evidence, rather than by purely logico-conceptual considerations. This is the first volume to provide a representative picture of current research and debates in this branch of metaphysics. 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Metaphysics Series 606 $aInduction (Logic) 606 $aInduction (Logic)$xHistory 615 0$aInduction (Logic) 615 0$aInduction (Logic)$xHistory. 676 $a110 700 $aHu?ttemann$b Andreas$01712436 701 $aSchurz$b Gerhard$060880 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911020825403321 996 $aInductive Metaphysics$94428045 997 $aUNINA