Science in Metaphysics Exploring the Metaphysics of Properties and Laws /
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| Summary: | XVI, 251 p. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Series: | New Directions in the Philosophy of Science,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41291-7 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Against Dispositional Monism
- 3. Against Identity Theory and Neutral Monism
- 4. In Defense of Categorical Monism
- 5. Categorical Monism and Qudditism
- 6. Further objections to Categorical Monsim
- 7. The Contingent Character of Categoricality and Disposionality
- 8. Do Nomic Relations Exist?
- 9. Metaphysical Features of Nomic Relations and Laws
- 10. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index.