How analyzing scientific practices can alter debates on the
relationship between science and reality Numerous scholarly works
focus solely on scientific metaphysics or biological practice, but
few attempt to bridge the two subjects. This volume, the latest in
the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series, explores
what a scientific metaphysics grounded in biological practices
could look like and how it might impact the way we investigate the
world around us. Â From Biological Practice to Scientific
Metaphysics examines how to reconcile the methods of biological
practice with the methods of metaphysical cosmology, notably
regarding the origins of life. The contributors take up a wide
range of traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science topics,
including natural kinds, medicine, ecology, genetics, scientific
pluralism, reductionism, operationalism, mechanisms, the nature of
information, and more. Many of the chapters represent the first
philosophical treatments of significant biological
practices.  From causality and complexity to niche
constructions and inference, the contributors review and discuss
long-held objections to metaphysics by natural scientists. They
illuminate how, in order to learn about the world as it truly is,
we must look not only at what scientists say but also what they do:
for ontology cannot be read directly from scientific claims.
 Contributors: Richard Creath, Arizona State U; Marc
Ereshefsky, U of Calgary; Marie I. Kaiser, Bielefeld U; Thomas A.
C. Reydon, Leibniz U Hannover and Michigan State U; Lauren N. Ross,
U of California, Irvine; Rose Trappes, U of Exeter; Marcel Weber, U
of Geneva; William C. Wimsatt, U of Chicago. Â Â Retail
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General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
William C. Bausman
• Janella K. Baxter
• Oliver M. Lean
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-1671-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-5179-1671-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781517916718 |
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