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Worldviews, science, and us [[electronic resource] ] : studies of analytical metaphysics : a selection of topics from a methodological perspective / / editors, Robrecht Vanderbeeken, Bart D'Hooghe



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Titolo: Worldviews, science, and us [[electronic resource] ] : studies of analytical metaphysics : a selection of topics from a methodological perspective / / editors, Robrecht Vanderbeeken, Bart D'Hooghe Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 241 p.)
Disciplina: 110
Soggetto topico: Analysis (Philosophy)
Metaphysics
Philosophy and science
Altri autori: VanderbeekenRobrecht  
D'HoogheBart  
Note generali: "Ghent, Belgium, 2-3 June 2005."
"This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium."--P. [4] of cover.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Worldviews, science and us : studies of analytical metaphysics. A selection of topics from a methodological perspective / Robrecht Vanderbeeken and Bart D'Hooghe -- Introduction : contemporary analytic metaphysics, its crisis and challenge / Robrecht Vanderbeeken -- Holism and structural realism / Michael Esfeld and Vincent Lam -- Common sense, relativity and theories of time / Phil Dowe -- Purely dispositional worlds / Sungho Choi -- Natural kinds - what are they? / Joanna Odrowa�z-Sypniewska -- Personal identity, conceptual analysis and no-fault disagreement / Caroline West -- A world of tropes? / Anna-Sofia Maurin -- Causal pluralism / Stathis Psillos -- Why social emergence? Discussing the use of analytical metaphysics in social theory / Jeroen Van Bouwel -- Counterfactuals, causation and humean supervenience / Paul Noordhof -- Disentangling causal pluralism / Leen de Vreese -- Mathematical entities / Lieven Decock.
Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium. The aim of this volume is twofold. First, it fields a selection of ongoing discussions on a central topic in contemporary analytical metaphysics. Authors were asked to encapsulate their lecture topic into a pr�ecis, highlighting the contesting views, accentuating the pro and contra of the main arguments, and shedding light on the origin, the evolution and the eventual offspring of a respective discussion. Second, this volume addresses the methodological question by examining what can be learned if we compare these discussions from a methodological perspective. What are the red herrings and shortcomings? Is an integrated methodology possible? Does each discussion finally await a pluralism of plausible positions or will an overall convincing account be expected? And finally, can analytical metaphysics methodologically assert and investigate their basic assumptions, if not from a common sense stance?
Titolo autorizzato: Worldviews, science, and us  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-76358-X
9786612763588
981-4299-05-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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