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Properties, Powers and Structures - Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism (Paperback)
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Properties, Powers and Structures - Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
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While the phrase "metaphysics of science" has been used from time
to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research
area where metaphysics meets philosophy of science-and the sciences
themselves. The essays in this volume demonstrate that metaphysics
of science is an innovative field of research in its own right. The
principle areas covered are: The modal metaphysics of properties:
What is the essential nature of natural properties? Are all
properties essentially categorical? Are they all essentially
dispositions, or are some categorical and others dispositional?
Realism in mathematics and its relation to science: What does a
naturalistic commitment of scientific realism tell us about our
commitments to mathematical entities? Can this question be framed
in something other than a Quinean philosophy? Dispositions and
their relation to causation: Can we generate an account of
causation that takes dispositionality as fundamental? And if we
take dispositions as fundamental (and hence not having a
categorical causal basis), what is the ontological ground of
dispositions? Pandispositionalism: Could all properties be
dispositional in nature? Natural kinds: Are there natural kinds,
and if so what account of their nature should we give? For example,
do they have essences? Here we consider how these issues may be
illuminated by considering examples from reals science, in
particular biochemistry and neurobiology.
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