Mumford, Stephen

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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,…

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,…