Many philosophers in the analytic tradition are now convinced that metaphysical questions are worth pursuing, but we still lack a convincing meta-metaphysics and methodology. This essay offers an account of how we should conduct our business qua metaphysicians.
Autorentext
Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is the author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Inhalt
Introduction PART I: ON THE POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICS 1. A Return to Scholastic Metaphysics 2. The Aporetic Method and the Defence of Immodest Metaphysics 3. Evolutionary Biology meets Scholastic Metaphysics PART II: THE TURN TO BIOLOGY 4. Counting biological individuals 5. Evolutionary Biology, Change, and Essentialism 6. Evolutionary Biology, Modality and Explanation 7. Evolutionary Biology and Ethics
Titel
Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View
Autor
EAN
9781137322821
ISBN
978-1-137-32282-1
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
16.10.2013
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.41 MB
Anzahl Seiten
179
Jahr
2013
Untertitel
Englisch
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