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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-282-76358-X; 9786612763588; 981-4299-05-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780893403321
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