Science in Metaphysics Exploring the Metaphysics of Properties and Laws /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livanios, Vassilis (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XVI, 251 p.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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.