Worldviews, science and us: studies of analytical metaphysics : a selection of topics from a methodological perspective

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...

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Körperschaft: Metaphysics of Science Workshop < 2005, Ghent, Belgium> (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c2010
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Zusammenfassung: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 precis, 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?
Beschreibung:"The material of this book initially refers to lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop, June 2-3, 2005, Ghent, Belgium."--P. 3
Beschreibung:vi, 241 p. ill
ISBN:9789814299053

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