Metaphysics and science
by Mumford, Stephen, Tugby, Matthew
fromMind Association occasional series
Metaphysics and science
by Mumford, Stephen, Tugby, Matthew
fromMind Association occasional series
Metaphysics and science
by Mumford, Stephen, Tugby, Matthew
fromMind Association occasional series
Metaphysics and Science brings together important new work within an emerging philosophical discipline: the metaphysics of science. In the opening chapter, a definition of the metaphysics of science is offered, one which explains why the topics of laws, causation, natural kinds,…
Metaphysics and science
by Mumford, Stephen, Tugby, Matthew
fromMind Association occasional series
Metaphysics and science
by Mumford, Stephen, Tugby, Matthew
fromMind Association occasional series
This collection brings together the latest new work within an emerging philosophical discipline: the metaphysics of science. A new definition of this line of philosophical enquiry is developed, and leading academics offer original essays on four key topics at the heart of the su…
"Nothing is not. Yet it seems that we invoke absences and nothings often in our philosophical explanations. Negative metaphysics is on the rise. It has been claimed that absences can be causes, there are negative properties, absences can be perceived, there are negative facts, a…
"Nothing is not. Yet it seems that we invoke absences and nothings often in our philosophical explanations. Negative metaphysics is on the rise. It has been claimed that absences can be causes, there are negative properties, absences can be perceived, there are negative facts, a…
This book argues that nothing is not and explains how we can meaningfully speak about what is not. Nothing is not. Yet it seems that we invoke absences and nothings often in our philosophical explanations. Negative metaphysics is on the rise. It has been claimed that absences c…
I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ... But all around me were challenges. ... How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exi…
First Meditation -- Second Meditation -- Third Meditation -- Fourth Meditation -- Fifth Meditation -- Sixth Meditation -- Objections and Replies. "I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ...But all around me were challenges...How could we be so sure there w…
"I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ...But all around me were challenges...How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile,…